A sour melon which grow fruitful within Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
- This is commonly been used to neutralise minor illnesses and treat diabetes in these regions.
The bitter juice impregnated within, has been proved to kill pancreatic cancer cells.
- Evident 'In Vitro and in a mice' by the study done amongst those from University of Colorado.
This may be hopeful news.
Pancreatic, one of the worst cancers due to its difficulty to counter, as it is occasionally discovered late and takes a real long time to treat. Therapies such as: Chemotherapy, Surgery, Radiation - have not been successful so scientists are exploring elsewhere.
The Evidence:
The Colorado University study was led by Dr. Rajesh Agarwal. They examined effects of bitter melon on 4 different lines of pancreatic cancer cells (in vitro) and in mice. For the in vivo studies, mice were injected with pancreatic tumor cells and were randomly divided into one of two groups. One group of mice received water, which was the control group, and
the other group was given bitter melon juice for six weeks.
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Researchers studied the tumors at the end of the study and results showed that bitter melon juice not only inhibited cancer cell proliferation but also induced apoptosis (programmed cell death). Compared to the control, tumor growth was inhibited by 60% in the treatment group and there were no signs of toxicity or negative effects on the body. With toxicity and negative effects being a huge role in traditional mainstream treatments, this was positive to see.
Quoted from Tamilbrahmins
Diabetes:
A number of clinical studies have been conducted to evaluate the efficacy of bitter melon for treating diabetes. Since it is believed that diabetes is a precursor for pancreatic cancer, researchers felt bitter melon could treat diabetes as well after seeing pancreatic cancer results.
In 2011, results of a four week long clinical trial were published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology that showed modest hypoglycemic effects and significant fructosamine management for those taking 2000mg/day of bitter melon.
As published by the study: “Bitter melon had a modest hypoglycemic effect and significantly reduced fructosamine levels from baseline among patients with type 2 diabetes who received 2,000 mg/day. However, the hypoglycemic effect of bitter melon was less than metformin 1,000 mg/day.”[3] Another study published in 2008 in the international journal Chemistry and Biology indicated that compounds in bitter melon improved glycemic control, helped cells uptake glucose and improved overall glucose tolerance.
This study was done in mice and led to promising advancements in treating diabetes and obesity with bitter melon.
In contrast, a study published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology in 2007 did not show significant benefit of the treatment of diabetes by bitter melon but 2 years later in the British Journal of Nutrition it was stated that “more, better-designed and clinical trials are required to confirm the fruit’s role in diabetes treatment.” Since that 2007 study, more studies have been done to show beneficial effects which perhaps was a result of better design.
Quoted from CollectiveEvolution
Conclusion:
What can be concluded from this evidence and references, is that results have been strong and positive to annihilate Cancer cells aswell as treating Diabetes, exploration is still in the early stages for this discovery but maybe a promising future awaits.
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