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Bitter Melon

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Outlier

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Has anybody tried Bitter Melon as part of a diabetes management programme.
 
Outlier said:
Has anybody tried Bitter Melon as part of a diabetes management programme.
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Haven’t tried it as a treatment but love it in a curry, gives a dry sour umami taste - a but like tamarind does.

Article from the DCUK site

www.diabetes.co.uk

The bitter melon contains at least three active substances with anti-diabetic properties, including charanti, which has been confirmed to have a blood glucose-lowering effect and an insulin-like compound known as polypeptide-p.

The bitter melon contains at least three active substances with blood glucose-lowering properties.
www.diabetes.co.uk www.diabetes.co.uk
 
Outlier said:
Has anybody tried Bitter Melon as part of a diabetes management programme.
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I haven't. I think there are much older threads about it from around 2019/2020 - I recall it being talked about when I first joined the forum.

Nothing I recall seeing had anything worrying that would make me say that you shouldn't try it: but equally (for me anyway) there was nothing compelling. I guess the other factor is cost - OK to give it a go maybe at £2 a week, maybe not if someone is trying to charge £200....
 
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