Ingredients: Balsam Pear Powder, Green Tea Powder, charantin, lectin Charantin
Characteristics and Benefits:
1. Repairs βcells of pancreas responsible for producing insulin;
2. Polypeptide P - a plant insulin, reduces blood sugar and blood lipid level safely;
3. Prohibits the absorption of glucose in small intestine, and reduces glucose in the blood stream;
4. Alleviate complications of diabetes such as thirst and dry mouth.
Suitable for:
* People with hyperglycemia
* People with diabetes
Key Information:
Balsam Pear is also called "cool melon" or "bitter gourd", with its cold and brine nature and rich contents of vitamin B1, vitamin C and many minerals - it relieves thirst, refreshes and nourishes the body and accelerate metabolism. It also improves digestion and relieves constipation.
Hypoglycemic effect of charantin and lectin Charantin, extracted from balsam pear has shown hypoglycaemic effect on normal and diabetic people.
It increases insulin sensitivity. Studies in the U.S. have shown that balsam pear contains lectin that has insulin-like activity due to its nonprotein-specific linking together to insulin receptors.
This lectin lowers blood glucose concentrations by acting on peripheral tissues, similar to insulin's effects on the brain by suppressing appetite.
Due to its hypoglycemic effect, lectin is also known as "plant insulin". Presence of this lectin makes it beneficial for alleviating adult-onset diabetes, also known as type II diabetes.
Other compounds in bitter melon have been found to activate AMPK, the protein that regulates glucose uptake (a process which is impaired in diabetics).
Lectin is stable in extreme environment such as stomach when is exposed to strong stomach acids and digestive enzymes.
Role of Green Tea:
Green Tea has long been used by the Chinese to alleviate headaches, body ache, poor digestion, improving well-being and life expectancy.
Green Tea is rich in bioflavonoids, polyphenols, vitamins, minerals and is one of its main properties is to fight free radicals that cause oxidative stress in diabetes