Controling diabetes with cooked cactus?Controlling diabetes with cooked cactus? A type of cactus used in Mexico as an herbal remedy for non-insulin-dependent diabetes actually does lower patients' blood glucose levels blood glucose level, n level of glu-cose in the bloodstream, normally about 70 to 115 mg/dL after fasting overnight. Higher levels may indicate diseases such as diabetes mellitus. , but how this happens is still unclear, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mexican scientists, whose report on the new research appears in the January DIABETES CARE. After fasting for 12 hours, one group of subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes was given broiled broil 1 v. broiled, broil·ing, broils v.tr. 1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element. 2. To expose to great heat. v. stems of the cactus, Opuntia opuntia Any plant of the genus Opuntia, the largest genus of the cactus family. Native to the New World, it has characteristic small bristles with backward-facing barbs. streptacantha Lemaire, which is a food source for Mexicans. Another group was given water. In the cactus group, blood glucose blood glucose Diabetology The principal sugar produced by the body from food–especially carbohydrates, but also from proteins and fats; glucose is the body's major source of energy, is transported to cells via the circulation and used by cells in the presence and insulin levels decreased, and in the water group, the levels did not change. Alberto C. Frati-Munari and his colleagues at the Hospital de Especialidades in Col. La Raza say they do not understand how the cactus lowers blood glucose levels. But they suggest it may improve the effectiveness of available insulin, which stimulates the move of glucose from blood into the body's cells, where it is used as energy or stored as fat. |
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