pH Strategies Use Alkaline Vegetables Often Part 3 Karela Melon

December 25, 2007 by Em

Now, of course, the holiday season is in full swing and the usual weight-gain, from 5 15 ounds, will be de!asting to deal with, so everyone, but es ecially re-diabetics and diabetics, needs to ay attention to this information" #lso, any diabetic who wants to use more natural based, successful thera ies, as art of their care, needs to read this series about s ecial foods" $his time, learn about the medicinal im act of %ndia&s 'arela melon, now a!ailable globally"#nd, guess what( %ndia is a country where a diabetic crisis is about to e) lode, li'e it is already in the *nited +tates of #merica, but e!en moreso, unfortunately" Tens of millions of n!iagnose! !iabeti"s e#ist in bot$ "o ntries , and the numbers of those identified is steadily rising" ,un' foods and sugary foods are the main cul rits in both o ulations, es ecially among the young" %y t$e &ay' (n!ia is also t$e so r"e of $ manity)s first me!i"al system -- 'nown as Ay rve!a, which was !evelope! more t$an *'+++ years ago - and it remains as a long, inde endent medical tradition" %ndeed, that effecti!e medical treatment system, which is t$e basis of all ot$er ma,or' me!i"al systems, rom ts me to loo' at the way that %ndian culture is dealing with the crisis, which is largely caused by. 1/ less traditional dietary food choice 2/ more sedentary and stressful occu ations 0/ degraded en!ironment 1eality is that all of these same issues contribute to the huge new incidence in diabetes in e!ery industriali2ed country, li'e the *+#, 3reat 4ritain, #ustralia etc" 5oreo!er, through #yur!eda, there&s a long list of now-called 6alternati!e thera ies7 in its ractice, but many of these rotocols are t$e -original treatments. &$i"$ serve! H manity for millennia 8from before 9asteur&s drug-oriented, germ-based theories a eared only 150 years ago/" #yur!eda&s treatments are !ery effecti!e o tions" 4efore we go any further. in using any of the foods in this series as diabetic thera y, make s re t$at yo "ons lt yo r p$ysi"ian beforehand and get e)act numbers of times to monitor your blood sugars more fre:uently, as yo r bloo! s gar levels &ill "$ange &$en yo "onsistently se t$e foo!s in t$is series/ 0o not se t$is parti" lar foo! &$ile yo are pregnant or trying to "on"eive1

Now, ay attention, %&ll say it again" T$ese foo!s &ill effe"tively lo&er yo r bloo! s gar levels thereby reducing your need for your diabetes medications, if you use the foods regularly, so you must monitor an! "ons lt for "$anges in yo r me!i"ation !osage" ;o efully, one day you will be able to get the news from your doctor that your medication is not needed any more" $his has ha ened to eo le using this rotocol" (n fa"t' karela melons are so effe"tive at targeting bloo! s gar t$at t$e government of t$e P$illippines offi"ially en!orses t$e se of Karela' as one of t$eir mainline !iabeti" t$erapies 8more on that later/" 2o&' in t$e spirit of Hippo"rates' the 3ree' hysician credited as originating <estern 5edicine&s rotocols and hiloso hy,-3et yo r foo! be yo r reme!y an! yo r reme!ies be yo r foo!/. See for yo rself/ (n"orporate t$ese ne& foo!s into yo r !iet one at a time' maybe trying t$em for 4 &eeks before a!!ing anot$er of t$ese t$erape ti" foo!s from t$e series " %e s re to monitor yo r bloo! s gar levels more fre5 ently in t$ose first &eeks/ M "$ "an $appen in t$e first 6 4 mont$s to "$ange yo r !iabetes positively/ 1emember, the first food in the series was =ucumber" Now, we&ll learn about >arela, another member of the 3ourd ?amily, botanically, which is a very alkaline foo!@ that is one reason it is 6bitter7, and by reducing your systemic acidity, and al'alini2ing your cellular ;, !ia the bitter com ounds in 'arela, you are acting to sol!e a maAor cause of your diabetes" %f you maintain body-wide normal ; of 7"05, then your diabetes is unli'ely to return" -------------------------(n fa"t' Karela Melon is also kno&n as7 bitter gourd, balsam ear, balsam a le, am elaya, a ailla, melao de sao caetano, '&u 'ua 'urela, 'or-'uey, 'u gua, foo gwa, a!a-a'i, salsamino, sorci, sorossi, assorossie, sorossie, sorossies, are ahit, eria laut, eria, eria 'ata', bitter melon, mara, tsuru reishi, ngai uri, muo dang, s ring'om'ommer, wunderbalsama fel, balsamini lunghi, balsamina" BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB"" +im ly stated, 4itter 5elon 8Momor!i"a "$arantia 3inn"/ is both a nutritious bum y s'inned !egetable and a trusted medicine@ it grows abundantly in many tro ical regions" Unlike most me!i"inal $erbs' bitter melon is "ommonly eaten' proof positive of its safety' b t yo nee! to pay attention to t$e times &$en yo s$o l! 2OT se it e/g/ &$en pregnant1 #s % said, it is a member of the cucumber family, and the lighter green colored to the ri ened orange colored gourds are a little less bitter but www"rain"orgCgreennetCdocsCe)otic!eggiesChtmlCbittermelon"htm says that the orange ones are more otent and not to eat much of them or any/" ?ind 'arela in #sian mar'ets or the ethnic !egetable section of your mar'et, es ecially from s ring through summer" 5any mar'ets are beginning to carry them year round" +elect firm, 5D - 12D long, light-green to yellow !eggies, without soft s ots" 1efrigerate them in a a er bag for 0 5 days" =ut immediately before use, only"$o reduce the bitterness, discard seeds and fibrous central-core section 8but for diabetics, try to learn to use these arts, too/"

4elie!e me, lease understand that this !egetable is e)tremely bitter, and t$at is t$e e#a"t "omponent &$i"$ "ontains a very effe"tive' $ig$ !osage of 8plant ins lin)/ %t lowers human blood-sugar le!els !ery effecti!ely" An!' &$at)s more' if yo ten! to also $ave $ypogly"emia 9lo& bloo! s gar:, you should not use bitter melon or use only half the recommended amount and monitor yourself, because it lowers blood sugars e!en further" ;ere&s something else" >arela also hel s those who ha!e liver problems" #nd, a com onent in the seeds has been found to ai! t$ose &it$ a to;imm ne !iseases/ <hen you first start eating 'arela, it may seem !ery otent, so for fla!or and for enAoyment, the bitterness can be moderated or balanced out in using time-worn, traditional coo'ing reci es"<hen reci es suggest blanching the melon Eto reduce the bitterness&, this n!oes &$at &e are trying to a""omplis$, so do not do that techni:ue" Kno& t$is' in t$e P$ilippines' ampalaya 9karela' bitter melon: $as been in"l !e! as part of t$e " rrent national program)s treatment proto"ol in F eration Diabetes" $his ma'es it one of the few 8maybe e!en the only/ herbal roducts in the world endorsed by a national medical association of o!er 1,500 doctors" $his has been using the 'arela 8am alaya/ as a !egetable and as =harantea" Get me e) lain also, that 4itter 5elon also re5 ires yo to monitor yo r "$olesterol lo&ering !r gs, too, if you ta'e them" %t ma'es them more otent, so less medicine may be needed" 5eanwhile, % belie!e that if you use 'arela long-term, then also take a probioti" "aps le of friendly flora e!eryday e"g" acido holus ca sules" ;a!ing yoghurt is not sufficient as the numbers of bacteria are too low" %itter Melon effe"tively kills off many ba"teria' in"l !ing yo r frien!ly ones, which must be there, in your intestinal tract, to ma'e !ital substances for you, and rotect you from other athogenic bacterias" Tropi"al !iseases $ave beg n to inva!e < rope' ! e to global;&arming' so many of t$e every!ay prote"tors' long; se! in t$e tropi"s' may $ave to be"ome part of !aily life in < rope no& too/ +ee the article at New Hor' $imes listed in 1eference section, below" 9lus, % ha!e read to only se "on"entrate! bitter melon re arations rig$t A=T<> a meal B this would be a better way to start using this thera y, in my o inion, es ecially if you are not under the care of a hysician who understands the action of this food thera y" Again' make s re yo are monitoring yo r bloo! s gars more often so yo see $o& t$is foo!)s benefi"ially affe"ts yo " ;o efully you will be able to reduce your medications soon" Tra!itional pres"riptions. ;a!e the Auice of three to four 'arelas early morning on an em ty stomach 8<F<I/" O> 9owder the seeds of 'arela 8measuring 1 teas oon/, mi) with water and drin' it" 8$his second form may be ractical in %ndia, but we do not ha!e a ready su ly to Aust use owdered seeds"/ O> # traditional +outh #merican rescri tion is. Auice 1-2 fresh bitter melon fruits and drin' twice daily"

2e& tra!itional pres"ription. <esterners are romoting 4itter 5elon in other forms e"g" ?$arantea 8which is used in the 9hilli ine rotocol/" $his is li'ely to taste better to the <estern alate and can be combined with citrus fla!ors B see a reci e on their site www"charanteausa"com % would also fla!or it with a bit of low-glycemic aga!e nectar"