Foods That Control Diabetes: Bitter Gourd, Bengal Gram, Broccoli
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BITTER GOURD
• Bitter gourd has excellent medicinal properties and is used as anti-diabetic medicine.
• It has insulin like substance called plant-insulin that has proved beneficial in lowering blood and urine sugar levels. Hence it should be liberally used in the diet of a diabetic.
• Juice extracted from 4 bitter gourds should be taken on an empty stomach ever morning.
• Decoction prepared by boiling chopped bitter gourd in water is equally effective.
• Powdered seeds of bitter gourd can be added to regular meals.
• Bitter gourd is also a rich source of vitamins and minerals like Vitamin A, B, C and iron.
• Regular use can prevent eye complications, hypertension, defective metabolism of carbohydrates and neuritis all associated with diabetes.
BENGAL GRAM
• Bengal Gram also called chickpea is a valuable anti-diabetic food.
• Ingestion of water extract of Bengal gram increases glucose utilization in diabetes.
• When chronic diabetic patients were kept on a diet; that included liberal supplements of Bengal Gram extract, their insulin requirement decreased from 40 units to 20 units a day.
• Diabetic patients who were on a restricted diet, with limited intake of carbohydrates and liberal intake of Bengal gram extract, showed considerable improvement in their fasting sugar levels, glucose tolerance and urinary excretion of sugar.
BROCCOLI
• Broccoli is a popular food in Europe and is closely related to cauliflower.
• It is rich in trace mineral chromium that lowers blood sugar. Hence it is a popular anti-diabetic food.
• Chromium regulates blood sugar level; hence reduces medication, insulin needs of diabetics.
• Chromium may successfully prevent the onset of full-fledged disease in case of mild diabetes.
• For borderline cases it helps control glucose tolerance. Chromium also helps bring low blood sugar to normal.
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