Cinnamon & bitter melon improves diabetic condition.

Did you know that adding cinnamon into your diet could help to improve diabetic condition particularly if you suffered from insulin resistance? Studies and human trials indicate cinnamon could help to reduce blood glucose by as much as 30%.

Cinnamon provides sweetness to our taste buds without the side effect of causing blood glucose to spike. Cinnamon has many benefits. Besides being used for cooking, cinnamon can be used to treat painful menstrual periods, colds and nausea.

Bitter melon, also known as bitter gourd is also effective for treating of diabetes.
It is a vegetable often used by Asians as dishes. Substances in the bitter melon help sugar to enter the cell. It is rich in essential vitamins and minerals such as Iron, vitamin A, B1, B2, and C. It can be used to treat blood disorders and fungal disease.

Like most medicines, taking large amount of cinnamon or bitter melon is not recommended as overdose may cause complications and in rare cases could be lead to stroke and internal bleeding.

Cinnamon and bitter melon should not be taken together with prescribed medication to control blood sugar as it might leads to low blood sugar. Pregnant women sensitive to bleeding are advised not to take cinnamon and bitter gourd as supplements.
Cinnamon has blood thinning effect thus should not be taken together with prescribed blood thinning medicine.