Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Ampalaya for Diabetics - It really helps

In the Philippines, there are more than Five Million Diebetic patients and over 1.8 Million Filipinos may have diabetes but don't know it.

Modern medicines offered remedies to diabetes, but it can not be cured, it can only be controlled.

AMPALAYA (Mormodica Charantia) is a medicinal plant that has been recognized to possibly help increasing utilization of glucose by the liver. The plant insulin in ampalaya was identified as polypeptide-p, which apparently influences the regeneration of pancreatic beta cells, which secrete insulin.

Recent study was conducted between diabetic and non-diabetic group. The result in the diabetic group, the average rise in blood sugar levels in patients taking ampalaya supplements were lower than those patients having diet alone. The non-diabetic group taking supplements also showed a similar decrease in blood sugar levels, but it was still within the normal limits.

Ampalaya fruit, leaves and supplements may help lower blood sugar levels. In addition it is one of the 10 accepted herbal remedies of the Department of Health (Philippines). This filipino product is widely available and can be exported, thus can potentially help the economy.

Please take note that these supplements (ampalaya supplements) are as described, "supplements", and not replacements for the medications needed by diabetics. However, there are some patients that are completely averse to taking Western medicines, and will try anything natural. For these patients, you can try our very own Ampalaya as supplement.

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