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Bitter Melon
- Thread starter Outlier
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
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
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
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- Type of diabetes
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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....
It's just another vegetable, what vegetable would cost £200?
