Re: natural helps?

[Guest guest]

There is some kind of fruit available in the Middle East and India that

poorer people use to treat high blood sugar. I don't know the name and I'm

waiting to hear from an ex-coworker on the name but apparently it's so

reliable that they use this as their only treatment and it works amazingly.

Once I get the name, I'll post it. I don't know if will be available in the

US though.

At 06:34 AM 7/16/2004, you wrote:

> > On top of parsley, he suggested the following (but parsley works best).

> > Watercress, celery, spring onions (even if they are high in carb, they help

> > with BS, my uncle-in-law has been eating them for years with every meal and

> > his BS' are completely normal-even after eating a high-carb meal!).>>>

>

>The dietician I had when I lived in California suggested eating nopales

>(cactus leaves) to help lower insulin resistance. They were available in the

>produce section of grocery stores in Calif. Since I now live in NC, where

>they are not available (collards anyone? Blech) I had forgotten all about

>them until your post.

>

>Tracie

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[Guest guest]

Nadia B. wrote:

> There is some kind of fruit available in the Middle East and India that

> poorer people use to treat high blood sugar. I don't know the name and

> I'm

> waiting to hear from an ex-coworker on the name but apparently it's so

> reliable that they use this as their only treatment and it works

> amazingly.

>

> Once I get the name, I'll post it. I don't know if will be available

> in the

> US though.

>

>

>

Fruit? What about bitter mellon? It's about the size of a lemon, but

green. Looks like a veggy to me. I've never tried it but I've been

told about it by some Bengalese (Bangladeshi) people. Around here, the

asian stores carry it.

[Guest guest]

What part of NC? If you live in an area with a large Hispanic population--and

many parts of NC do have--you can get them in a 'tienda latina'. I remember

that in Charlotte, for example, they were available at the 'Carneceria Mexicana'

on Central Avenue (and probably the S. Blvd. one, too.)

Re: natural " helps " ?

Since I now live in NC, where

they are not available (collards anyone? Blech) I had forgotten all about

them until your post.

Tracie

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[Guest guest]

Could be but I'm really not sure, though I do remember her saying it was

green...will call her tomorrow.

>Fruit? What about bitter mellon? It's about the size of a lemon, but

>green. Looks like a veggy to me. I've never tried it but I've been

>told about it by some Bengalese (Bangladeshi) people. Around here, the

>asian stores carry it.

[Guest guest]

> What part of NC? If you live in an area with a large Hispanic

> population--and many parts of NC do have--you can get them in a 'tienda

> latina'. I remember that in Charlotte, for example, they were available at

> the 'Carneceria Mexicana' on Central Avenue (and probably the S. Blvd. one,

> too.)>>>>

I live in ville, the " down east " coastal city next to the Camp Lejeune

Marine Corps Base. (The area took a direct hit from hurricanes Bertha and

Fran back in 1996. The eyes of both storms passed right over our house.)

There is not a large hispanic population here. I did read recently that the

hispanic population of NC is growing rapidly, but it must be further inland.

As far as I am aware, there are no hispanc markets in the area, so no Nopales

for me. The only large population we have here is Marines. <gggg>

Tracie