13/03/2026
āĻĄāĻžā§āĻžāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāϏ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāϰāϞāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϏāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϏāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ? đ¤
Is bitter gourd juice really the ultimate solution to control diabetes? đ¤
āĻāĻāĻāύ āϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĄ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ mmol/L āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϏ āĻāϰāϞāĻžāĻŽâ
Seeing a patient with a blood sugar of 20 mmol/L, I askedâ
âāĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύ?â
What do you usually eat?
āĻāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāϞāϞā§āύâ
He confidently repliedâ
âāĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧠āĻĄāĻžā§āĻžāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāϏ āĻāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻāϰāϞāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϏ āĻāĻžāĻ!â đĨ
I drink bitter gourd juice twice a day to reduce my diabetes! đĨ
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϞāĻžāĻŽâ
I askedâ
âāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻā§?â
Is there any problem if you eat it cooked or fried?
āĻāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϞā§āύâ
He saidâ
âāϤā§āϞ āĻāĻā§ā§āĻĄ āĻāϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻžāĨ¤â
I avoid oil, so I donât eat fried or cooked food.
āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž! đ
Good point! đ
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāϞā§â
But after a little more conversation, the truth came outâ
āĻāĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻā§āϰ, āĻŽāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĢāϞ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ā§āĻž āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻāϞā§āĨ¤ đ
At Iftar, he enjoys dates, sweet fruits, and fried snacks quite well. đ
āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāϞāĻž āĻā§āϏ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āύ āύāĻžâāϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĄ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āĻā§āϰā§āϞ⧠āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ,
On one hand, drinking bitter gourd juice means heâs missing out on fiberâwhich is very important for blood sugar control,
āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĢāϞ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻā§āĨ¤ đĨ´
On the other hand, sweet fruits spike the sugar again. đĨ´
āĻāϰ āϤā§āϞ āĻāĻā§ā§āĻĄ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ,
And in trying to avoid oil, he avoids proper cooked meals,
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ā§āĻž āĻāϞāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŽā§! đ
But at Iftar, fried snacks are going full throttle! đ
đ āĻāϏāϞ⧠āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύā§ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻŋāĨ¤
In reality, we often make our diet unnecessarily complicated.
āĻāĻ āϏāĻŦ āĻāύāĻĢāĻŋāĻāĻļāύā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āϰ⧠āĻĒā§ā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§ā§ā§āĻ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Caught in this cycle of confusion, even nutritious food sometimes doesnât give the intended benefit.
āĻĄāĻžā§āĻžāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāϏ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻāĻ âāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĢā§āĻĄâ āύāĻžâ
Diabetes management is not about any single magic foodâ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāύā§āϏāĻĄ āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāϰ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻ āĻāϏāϞāĨ¤ đ
A balanced diet, fiber, portion control, and regular habits are the key. đ
āĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžā§āĻžāϞ āύā§âāĻĄāĻžā§ā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻ
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