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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 5204" data-attributes="member: 1338"><p>Hi Ebenezer,</p><p></p><p>Hope this doesn't sound pedantic but karela and Kerala are not the same thing. Karela (sometimes spelled karella) is a plant found throughout India and is otherwise known as bitter melon or bitter gourd. Although unknown in Europe, it is a vegetable that for thousands of years has been a staple part of many Indian dishes so its hypoglycaemic effects are experienced by Indians from a very early age and throughout their lifetimes. It is believed that this constant exposure to it contributes in a small way towards a generally low rate of diabetes in the Indian population.</p><p></p><p>Kerala (note different spelling) is a province in south west India. It has the highest literacy, highest standard of living and highest per capita income of all the Indian provinces. It is also rapidly becoming very westernised and is finding that it is starting to get all the western illnesses that go with the lifestyle - diabetes being one of these. I have friends in Kerala who are very worried by this trend, and there are other parts of India (particularly those areas that are home to the many call centres that western firms like to use) that are finding similar increases associated with a change from the traditional Indian lifestyle.</p><p></p><p>Just goes to show that, even where you have a population whose diet affords some protection against diabetes, change that diet to a western one and they get the same problems that we do.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally you might be interested in this karela article from DUK. I think they are perhaps missing something when they say there are no studies - the results of its use have been seen for a thousand years. How long a study do they need?</p><p><a href="http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Treatment__your_health/Treatments/Complementary_therapies/Karela/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-dia ... es/Karela/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis, post: 5204, member: 1338"] Hi Ebenezer, Hope this doesn't sound pedantic but karela and Kerala are not the same thing. Karela (sometimes spelled karella) is a plant found throughout India and is otherwise known as bitter melon or bitter gourd. Although unknown in Europe, it is a vegetable that for thousands of years has been a staple part of many Indian dishes so its hypoglycaemic effects are experienced by Indians from a very early age and throughout their lifetimes. It is believed that this constant exposure to it contributes in a small way towards a generally low rate of diabetes in the Indian population. Kerala (note different spelling) is a province in south west India. It has the highest literacy, highest standard of living and highest per capita income of all the Indian provinces. It is also rapidly becoming very westernised and is finding that it is starting to get all the western illnesses that go with the lifestyle - diabetes being one of these. I have friends in Kerala who are very worried by this trend, and there are other parts of India (particularly those areas that are home to the many call centres that western firms like to use) that are finding similar increases associated with a change from the traditional Indian lifestyle. Just goes to show that, even where you have a population whose diet affords some protection against diabetes, change that diet to a western one and they get the same problems that we do. Incidentally you might be interested in this karela article from DUK. I think they are perhaps missing something when they say there are no studies - the results of its use have been seen for a thousand years. How long a study do they need? [url=http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Treatment__your_health/Treatments/Complementary_therapies/Karela/]http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-dia ... es/Karela/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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