Gymnema Sylvestre Studies
Multiple
Gymnema Sylvestre Studies Show:
Gymnema
Sylvestre Lowers
Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetics
 Gymnema Sylvestre has
been used in India for the treatment of diabetes for over 2,000
years. The leaves were also used for stomach ailments, constipation,
water retention and liver disease. It is now the subject of
modern scientific research.
These Gymnema Sylvestre studies are part of a movement in science that
is recognizing the value of whole foods, as they exist in nature - in
particular, the value of phytochemicals. These are compounds
that only appear in
plants and are seen as the next "big thing" where science merges
with health.
Harvard Medical School
in conjunction with the Natural Standard, an organization that produces
scientifically based reviews of complementary and alternative medicine
topics, states, “There is evidence to suggest
that Gymnema can lower blood sugar levels in people with Type I and
Type II diabetes.”
Yale
University publication Yale New Haven Health states "Gymnema
Sylvestre will often improve blood sugar control in diabetics. Although
no interactions have been reported, Gymnema may decrease the required
dose of insulin.”
In
the Journal of Endocrinology November 1999, at the School of
BioMedical Sciences, King’s College, London, England, Drs. SJ Persaud
and PM Jones state "Results
confirm the stimulatory effects of Gymnema Sylvestre on insulin release
(and) indicate that this herb acts by increasing cell permeability.”
The
Journal Ethnopharmacol, October 1990, Dr ER Shanmugasundaram,
et al, from the University of Madras, India, states,“Gymnema
Sylvestre therapy appears to enhance endogenous insulin, possibly by
regeneration and/or revitalization of the residual beta cells in
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.”
Gymnema sylvestre is a woody
climbing plant that grows in the tropical forests of central and
southern India. The leaves are used in herbal medicine preparations.
The plant, when chewed, actually blocks the sugar receptor sites, which
explains the Hindi name gurmar or “sugar destroyer.”
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