Bitter melon cured pancreatic cancer

According to express.co.uk, Scientists have found that bitter melon is used in ancient Chinese medicine, limit the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to metabolize glucose, cutting energy of cells and eventually kill them .

Bitter melon soup

Bitter melon with nut sauce

The previous studies have praised the benefits of this extraordinary fruit has been proven to contain natural chemicals that can help treat type 2 diabetes. Scientists have discovered that it contains compounds that trigger the biological activity of an enzyme in the body called AMPK. The enzyme, which is also activated by exercise, fat and helps muscle cells use blood sugar effectively but not activated properly in people with type 2 diabetes. Bitter melon extract has been used in Chinese medicine for hundreds of years, with no reported side effects.

Now, a new study published in the journal Carcinogenesis found that bitter melon juice can also be a method of treating cancer significantly.Rajesh Agarwal, co-program leader and control of cancer prevention at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and professor in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Skaggs in the U.S., said: "Three years ago, researchers have shows the effect of bitter melon extracts may prevent the development of breast cancer. study has achieved far more progress.

Bitter melon extract has been used in Chinese medicine

"We use this juice - especially those in the Asian countries have been consumed with numbers. They've found that it affects glucose metabolism way to limit the power and destroy pancreatic cancer cells. "

Bitter melon has also been shown to regulate insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells.
After cell culture studies, the group showed that mouse models of pancreatic cancer were fed bitter melon juice, viability of pancreatic cancer cells was reduced 60%. Argarwal added: "It is a very interesting result. Numerous technical studies of new drugs targeted to reduce the ability of cancer cells to provide energy, and here we have a natural compounds can do it. "

Laboratory Agarwal is currently applying for grants that will allow them to move the study of bitter melon in chemoprevention trials further in the mouse model of pancreatic cancer. Bitter melon, also known as bitter melon or karela (in India), is a unique kind of vegetables can be used as food or medicine. It is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of abdominal pain, fever, burns, chronic cough, painful menstruation and conditions the skin.

It is also used for wound healing, childbirth and support in parts of Africa and Asia, to prevent or treat malaria and viral diseases such as measles and chicken pox.

Researchers from Saint Louis University in the United States say they have shown that an extract from bitter melon can kill breast cancer cells and prevents them from growing and spreading.