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Bitter melon for diabetes? Fenugreek for cholesterol? The research behind ancient remedies (theconversation.com)
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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The epidemic of diabetes is recent. So why would ancient remedies be effective?

Also - Cholesterol is not actually a disease, damage cholesterol is. Elevated cholesterol does not infer cardiovascular risk unless it's damaged

In one study, bitter melon extract significantly lowered fasting blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes after four weeks.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2010.12.045

Bitter melon had a modest hypoglycemic effect and significantly reduced fructosamine levels from baseline among patients with type 2 diabetes who received 2000 mg/day. However, the hypoglycemic effect of bitter melon was less than metformin 1000 mg/day.

It's curious, to be sure, but if someone is fighting t2d they are better advised to remove glucose from their food Rather than eating a lot of glucose and using bitter melon to try to reduce it in the blood.