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<blockquote data-quote="Type2Guy" data-source="post: 903164" data-attributes="member: 193282"><p>Since I've only formalized my life as a diabetic for less than a month, I have scoured the Internet looking for those more radical approaches towards lowering blood glucose without medication, often coming across the mention of a fruit by the name of bitter melon said to be wildly beneficial for those with insulin resistance issues. So this morning, I went to a South Asian produce market not far from where I live to procure a few of these specimens, which look like elder cucumbers who went straight from the Midwest of America to the tropics to bask under a hotter sun for the furtherance of wart growth and wrinkling. </p><p></p><p>I split one open to discard the seeds and sliced the shell as this was described by my Internet guide to be the edible part of this so called fruit. The first bite was shocking to say the least. Imagine a swatch of a dusty carpet sample that had been soaking in rancid cough syrup for ten years and that would still taste closer to candy than what I consumed for the supposed benefit of my diabetes. I realized this needed some improvement, so I chucked in into a blender with water, a few blueberries and a packet of stevia, which made it slightly more tolerable as I did manage to get it all down. And now I wait anxiously for improved results at best or digestive upset at worst.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Type2Guy, post: 903164, member: 193282"] Since I've only formalized my life as a diabetic for less than a month, I have scoured the Internet looking for those more radical approaches towards lowering blood glucose without medication, often coming across the mention of a fruit by the name of bitter melon said to be wildly beneficial for those with insulin resistance issues. So this morning, I went to a South Asian produce market not far from where I live to procure a few of these specimens, which look like elder cucumbers who went straight from the Midwest of America to the tropics to bask under a hotter sun for the furtherance of wart growth and wrinkling. I split one open to discard the seeds and sliced the shell as this was described by my Internet guide to be the edible part of this so called fruit. The first bite was shocking to say the least. Imagine a swatch of a dusty carpet sample that had been soaking in rancid cough syrup for ten years and that would still taste closer to candy than what I consumed for the supposed benefit of my diabetes. I realized this needed some improvement, so I chucked in into a blender with water, a few blueberries and a packet of stevia, which made it slightly more tolerable as I did manage to get it all down. And now I wait anxiously for improved results at best or digestive upset at worst. [/QUOTE]
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