Fenugreek Health Benefits 

Fenugreek Health Benefits have been shown by recent scientific research to include control of the blood sugar levels of people who have diabetes.

• The European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy lists fenugreek as an adjuvant therapy in diabetes and for hypercholesterolemia. They found it also has an effect on lipid peroxidation thereby lowering free-radical damage.

• Sloan Kettering Cancer Center states, "Fenugreek exhibits hypocholesterolemic, hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic activity in healthy and diabetic humans and animals." They continue to say that it is the defatted seed that seems to be of benefit. (This is a very important point since many manufacturers of fenugreek supplements use the regular, less-effective seed. )

• In the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1990, Drs. R.D. Sharma, T.C. Raghuram and N.S. Rao from the National Institute of Nutrition, Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad, India report, "Fenugreek significantly reduced blood sugar and improved the glucose tolerance test with a 54 percent reduction in 24-hour urinary excretion.”

• The Jaipur Diabetes and Research Centre, reporting in the India Journal Association of Physicians, stated that "Use of fenugreek seeds improves glycemic control and decreases insulin resistance in mild Type 2 diabetes.” (Drs. A. Gupta, R. Gupta and B. Lal)

• The German equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "Commission E",  recognizes a wide range of fenugreek health benefits and has listed it as one of their approved herbs for medicinal purposes - including for breaking down mucous and other secretions, increasing blood flow, and inhibiting the growth of infectious organisms.

• Fenugreek is used as a spice and medicinal herb throughout the world. Traditional Chinese herbalists use it for a multitude of conditions including kidney problems, male reproductive infections, constipation, atherosclerosis, high triglycerides and high cholesterol.

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