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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....
 
KennyA said:
Not the vegetable, the "extract of...whatever" advertised courses of pills/tinctures etc. There are some remarkable costs, almost as unbelievable as the claims made.
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I read the question as being about bitter melon, not a supplement made from a vegetable you can buy and use for cooking!
 
It's not all that common in the UK. I think the last time anyone asked about bitter melon, it was in the context of buying a very expensive course of "extract of" bitter melon pills from a supplier on the internet. If I remember correctly (which might not be the case) the cost of the "treatment" was in the £hundreds.
 
I cook bitter melon with jaggery and have been juicing it with lemon to kill the bitter taste and it’s done wonders for the blood sugar
 
Hello,
Once a year i spent two to three months in South East Asia and there are always people telling me it is good for diabetic people. People also eat it more when they are feeling sick. AND i also hear a lot that most old people like it. It is most popular in Vietnam. If i am right i once heard it also available in South America. Of course if you live in Western Europe in a city with a few Asian people it will be expensive. If it would have a similar price like aubergine ( called eggplant in Vietnam)i would buy it once a week. Being bitter, usually kids will hate it.
Greetings, Eduard
 
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