Ampalaya: Natures Remedy for Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes is on the increase. And it is largely due to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. Diabetes is related to inheritance, poor diet and lifestyle choices and being a couch potato . The end result is cardiovascular disease, stroke, loss of eyesight, damaged kidneys and amputations. The current buzz word concerning the cause of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is metabolic syndrome , previously called Syndrome X. Patients have this syndrome if they have three of the following five risk factors: abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides; low levels of HDL-cholesterol (the beneficial kind) high systolic (beating) and diastolic (resting) blood pressure; and elevated fasting blood glucose levels. As this book details, Type 2 diabetes can often be prevented or controlled with lifestyle changes and ampalaya, a vegetable that is being used around the world to lower blood sugar levels. Numerous studies involving Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics and laboratory animals prove the efficacy of using the dried leaves, fruits and seeds of ampalaya - as a tea or taken as a capsule - to lower blood sugar. Eating the vegetable is also beneficial.