Bittermelon (Indian) is a fruit that has blood sugar-reducing properties. It’s exactly this property that makes bitter melon a potential alternative to supplementary insulin.
Who can benefit from bitter melon
It’s a fruit (not sweet, so it doesn’t have much fructose) that can help diabetics and non diabetics better control their blood sugar levels.
Recommendation
The general recommendation is to eat bitter melon whenever you eat carbs.
Research
Hypoglycemic effect of bitter melon compared with metformin in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients
