Could Diabetes Type 1 and 2 Be Curbed by a Strange Staple of Asian Cooking?

What causes diabetes varies according to the type – such as type 1 or type 2. But, overall, diabetes can lead to excess sugar in the blood – which can be a serious health problem.

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In 2021, 6.7 million people died, worldwide, from diabetes-related health concerns, according to the International Diabetes Federation.

However, people tend not to think about the risk of diabetes or how to manage it until they have abnormal blood sugar. But, as they say, prevention is better than cure.

The Power of Bitter Melon in Diabetes Management

So, which odd-looking, oddly tasting fruit can promote insulin secretion to help type 1 diabetes and reduce insulin resistance to help type 2 diabetes? The answer is #bitter melon, a staple in many Asian diets. But when do we need to be careful about eating it?

On Vital Signs , host Brendon Fallon covers simple lifestyle changes—from how we sleep to how we eat—to stave off diabetes. Stay tuned as we dive deeper into the potential benefits and risks of incorporating bitter melon into your diet.

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Some of the texts consulted:

Anti-diabetic potentials of Momordica charantia and Andrographis paniculata and their effects on estrous cyclicity of alloxan-induced diabetic rats

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16298503/

Oral administration of leaf extracts of Momordica charantia affect reproductive hormones of adult female Wistar rats

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025319/

Toxicological studies of Momordica charantia Linn Seed extracts in Male Mice

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sharanabasappa-Patil/publication/262551028_Estudios_Toxicologicos_de_los_Extractos_de_la_Semilla_de_Momordica_charantia_Linn_en_Ratones_Macho/links/53e1bcaf0cf2235f352bd65b/Estudios-Toxicologicos-de-los-Extractos-de-la-Semilla-de-Momordica-charantia-Linn-en-Ratones-Macho.pdf

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