Buckwheat

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Has anybody on this list

experienced blood glucose

reduction after eating buckwheat?

If so, was it prepared or eaten

raw? Straight or mixed with

something?

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Source: American Chemical Society

Date: 2003-11-18

" Buckwheat May Be Beneficial For

Managing Diabetes

Researchers in Canada have found

new evidence that buckwheat, a

grain used in making pancakes and

soba noodles, may be beneficial

in the management of diabetes.

In a controlled study, they showed

that extracts of the seed lowered

blood glucose levels by 12 percent

to 19 percent when fed to diabetic

rats. The report comes at a

particularly appropriate time

since November is National

Diabetes Awareness Month.

The study may lead to new uses of

the grain as a dietary supplement

or functional food to help people

with diabetes and others with

conditions involving elevated

glucose, the researchers claim.

Their findings will appear in the

Dec. 3 issue of the Journal of

Agricultural and Food Chemistry,

a peer-reviewed journal of the

American Chemical Society, the

world's largest scientific society.

" With diabetes on the rise,

incorporation of buckwheat into

the diet could help provide a safe,

easy and inexpensive way to lower

glucose levels and reduce the risk

of complications associated with

the disease, including heart,

nerve and kidney problems, " says

study leader Carla G. , Ph.D.,

an associate professor in the

Department of Human Nutritional

Sciences at the University of

Manitoba in Canada. " Buckwheat

won't cure diabetes, but we'd like

to evaluate its inclusion in food

products as a management aid. "

Until similar studies are done on

humans with diabetes, no one knows

exactly how much buckwheat — in

flour or extract form — must be

eaten in order to obtain a

beneficial effect on glucose levels,

says. Further studies are

needed, she adds.

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More at:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031118072746.htm

I intend to experiment on myself

but it would be interesting to know

if anybody here has had any

experience of the effect of

buckwheat on BGs already.

Thornton

Pforzheim, Germany