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THE PLANT THAT KILLS CANCER CELLS, REVERSES DIABETES, STOPS GOUT, AND CURES ASTHMA!

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The bitter melon (or also known as bitter gourd) looks like a cucumber but has ugly gourd-like bumps all over it. As the name implies, this vegetable is a melon just it is bitter. There are 2 varieties of this vegetable: the one grows to about 20 cm long, is pale green in color and oblong. The other is the smaller version, less than 10 cm long, has a darker green color and it’s oval. Both types have seeds that are white when they are not ripe and turn red when they are ripe. The vegetable-fruit turn reddish-orange when it’s ripe and becomes even more bitter. Bitter gourd thrives in humid and hot climates, so they are commonly found in Asian countries and South America. Westerners are not very used to bitter melons so they may find them more difficult to consume. However, if you can generally take a bitter taste, you will be able to take this too. Try it, at least for all its healthful benefits! NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS The bitter gourds are very low in calories but full o...

Know the bitter truth of Diabetes

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PART-I “ The tsunami wave of diabetes mellitus and its health and economic consequences is threatening much of the world. The need to prevent and control this debilitating chronic disease is urgent, before desperation sets in.”  Journal of Royal Society of medicine. How does this  matter to us South Asians? Indian Subcontinent (which includes India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) is the epicentre of this Diabetic pandemic. By 2025, over 2/3rds of the diabetics would be living in our subcontinent. Link:   http://171.66.127.115/content/100/3/115.full How are we more vulnerable as compared to other ethnicities? We South Asians get Diabetes: • 10 years earlier • At lower levels of obesity • Suffer longer with more complications • Have 3-8 times higher risk of dying from Diabetes than Europeans.. Why are we more vulnerable than other ethnicities? Again the same answer as for the Heart Disease—Our  genetic makeup coupled with our  unhealthy li...