In traditional Indian diets bitter gourd is considered as diabetes controlling i.e hypoglycemic agent but literature published by NIN shows that it is hypocholesterolemic. In fact, processing techniques involved to prepare vegetable may destroy its medicinal quality as most of the times high fat and sugar or jaggery and lime juice or tamarind pulp is used to get rid of its bitterness.
The answer is yes, But the fact are as follows
In addition to being a food ingredient, bitter melon has also long been used as a herbal remedy for a range of ailments, including type 2 diabetes.
The fruit contains at least three active substances with anti-diabetic properties, including charantin, which has been confirmed to have a blood glucose-lowering effect, vicine and an insulin-like compound known as polypeptide-p.
These substances either work individually or together to help reduce blood sugar levels.
It is also known that bitter melon contains a lectin that reduces blood glucose concentrations by acting on peripheral tissues and suppressing appetite - similar to the effects of insulin in the brain.
This lectin is thought to be a major factor behind the hypoglycemic effect that develops after eating bitter melon.
precautions to be taken are
If you’re thinking of adding bitter melon to your diet, make sure you limit yourself to no more than two ounces of bitter melon (or more than two melons) a day, as excessive consumption can cause mild abdominal pain or diarrhoea.
If you are considering using bitter melon for glycemic control, you should consult your doctor or healthcare professional first to check that it is safe for use alongside your prescribed diabetes medication, as there is the risk that taking bitter melon together with these drugs and/or insulin could cause hypoglycemia (extremely low blood sugar
The answer is yes though there are many sideeffects like: it triggers miscarriage, cause irregular heart rhythm etc. You can find additional information fro the links attached:
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Yes it is good for diabetes type 2 treatment but it can cause mild abdominal pain or diarrhoea. please see the link below.
In my country, many persons think that lupins may have the potential to treat &even cure diabetes but I am not very sure of that.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/natural-therapies/bitter-melon.html
Very few clinical studies have explored the hypoglycaemic effect of bitter melon in humans and the findings are inconclusive. Please read the attached meta-analysis paper for more information.
http://www.nature.com/nutd/journal/v4/n12/pdf/nutd201442a.pdf
Yes, bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is effective in controlling diabetes. Please have a look at these useful ResearchGate links and PDF attachment.
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https://www.researchgate.net/post/This_plant_is_used_in_the_treatment_of_diabetes_but_I_do_not_know_the_scientific_name_of_the_plant_Please_what_is_the_name_of_this_plant
Yes, bitter gourd works for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. The latest meta-analysis can be found here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1YBK31M9M1FAMz
Bitter gourd is one of the types of plants that we know of to be helpful in the treatment and recovery of diabetics, and even some pharmaceutical companies promote in many times they use some of the active substances in this type of pumpkin, bitter gourd to be manufactured and added to sugar-lowering drugs . The bitter gourd is called a lot of other names such as bitter pumpkins, or pears, or cures, or bitter. The bitter gourd belongs to the family of plants and its fruit is like zucchini, but its surface has many buds and nuts, and its taste is very bitter, so no one accepts it to eat it, However, its health benefits are very great. Many researches and studies have been conducted since ancient times, which have proved useful and useful in reducing the high sugar levels and treating diabetes. The first studies of the study of the benefits of bitter gourd for diabetics in India began in 1960, where this study proved that bitter gourd works to reduce the high sugar in the blood, and it works to regulate blood sugar and prevent the rise in the dimension, and keep it stable and moderate, The study pointed out that the use of bitter gourd is useful for diabetics but should be done under the supervision of a specialist doctor because bitter gourd has a percentage of toxins , So treatment of diabetes Require careful great, therefore, should be supervised by a doctor who specializes in this treatment.
Studies from the American Society of Alternative Medicine indicate that bitter cucumbers are effectively treated for diabetes, cancer and AIDS because they contain a mixture of steroids, which lower blood sugar.
Some clinical studies released by the American Diabetes Association reveal the effectiveness of bitter cucumbers in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, which is based on insulin injections through its substance Mordordica, which contains insulin-like polypeptides, which reduces the level of glucose In the blood, especially in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Bitter gourd is rich in phytochemicals . Phytonutrients have been implicated in hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic activities. Phytochemicals may serve as antioxidants to scavenge free radicals involved in lipotoxicity and glucotoxicity - key mechanisms of destruction of beta-cells where insulin is made.
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