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Coccinia Indica Herb Lowers Blood Sugar Levels by 20 Percent in Type 2

Diabetics

_http://www.naturalnews.com/023587.html_

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NaturalNews) Extracts of the Indian herb Coccinia indica reduced blood sugar

levels by almost 20 percent in a study conducted by researchers from the

Institute of Population Health and Clinical Research in Bangalore and published

in the journal Diabetes Care.

 

C. indica is also known by the scientific names C. cordifolia and C. grandis

and the common names kundru, dondakaya, kovakkai and tindora, among many

others.

 

Researchers conducted a randomized, double-blind study on 60 patients with

mild Type 2 _diabetes_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/diabetes.html) that was

being controlled with diet and not drugs. Half the participants were given a

one-gram C. indica extract each day, while half were given a placebo.

 

After 90 days, the participants who had received the herbal extract had 16

percent lowered fasting _blood glucose_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/blood_glucose.html) levels and 18 percent lowered

post-prandial (after meal) blood

_glucose_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/glucose.html) levels. There were no

changes

observed in the level of blood fats.

 

The researchers said they did not know what it was about the plant that had

caused the beneficial effect.

 

" This study suggests that C. cordifolia extract has a potential hypoglycemic

action in patients with mild diabetes, " the researchers said. " However,

further studies are needed to elucidate mechanisms of action. "

 

C. indica is a gourd plant native to _India_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/India.html) , where it is used as a vegetable.

According to the researchers, a

person would have to eat 50 grams (2 ounces) of the cooked vegetable per day

to receive the same benefit as taking 1 gram of the extract.

 

A prior study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Medical School,

reviewed the data on C. indica and concluded that a respectable body of

evidence

has accumulated supporting the plant's benefits in the treatment of diabetes.

 

Approximately 20 million people in the United States suffer from diabetes,

or 7 percent of the population. According to the American Diabetes

Association, the medical costs associated with the disease amount to $132

billion per

year, with $92 billion of this going to medication alone.

 

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