🌿🌿🌿*Tej patta Bay leaf or laurel spice* Bay leaf is a good source of vitamin A, vitamin B6, and vitamin C. These vitamins support a healthy immune system and also a source of calcium, iron, and manganese.🌸🌸🌸Bay leaf tea eases upset of stomach. The tea relieves sinus pressure or stuffy nose.🌻🌻🌻The chemical compounds found in bay leaf have been shown to reduce the glucose/ sugar and lipid / fat profiles in the blood.☘️☘️☘️Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors----1 to 2 grams of bay leaf per day for thirty days helps reduce risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Add whole bay leaves to soups and curries or even grind the dried leaves into a powder and add it to meals. Just a spoonful of the herb is enough and may help regulate blood sugar levels.🌼🌼🌼 Finely ground bay leaves are used as dietary supplements for blood sugar management, better insulin control and to improve cholesterol profiles in diabetics.🌿🌿🌿Bay leaf tea made from boiled bay leaves, dried, whole or finely ground, is used internally for high blood sugar.☘️☘️☘️Bay leaf oil is used externally for joint and muscle pain and to help heal wounds and prevent infection.🌺🌺🌺 Bay leaf is also a known anti-fungal treatment.🍀🍀🍀 Boosts Weight Loss: Diabetes is classed as a metabolic syndrome disease, anything that helps boost the quality and function of metabolism, including fat loss, will directly assist and improve the condition.When combined with cinnamon, another potent antidiabetic spice, bay leaf can assist with weight loss.🌸🌸🌸Aside from lowering body fat, bay leaf and cinnamon tea also assists as a diuretic----- helps lower excess water retention, assisting with weight loss and improving blood pressure.🍀🍀🍀 *Nutrients per Serving* A crumbled tablespoon of bay leaf contains:• 5.5 calories• Protein: .1 g• Fat: .1 g• Carbohydrates: 1.3 g🍁🍁🍁 *Watch Out* *Bay leaf should not be* eaten raw or in large quantities on its own since it can be hard to chew and digest. 🍃🍃🍃To reap the full benefits of tej patta , diabetics are advised to consume it along with their regular medication as well as follow other healthy diet and lifestyle regulations.🌷🌷🌷For the treatment of type 2 diabetes, bay leaves can be taken as a tea:Ingredients:• 4 cups of water (1 liter)• 1 tablespoon of fresh bay leaves (15 g)Preparation:• Boil one liter of water. Once it reaches its boiling point, add the bay leaves.• Keep them in the heat for three to five minutes.• Then, let the tea steep for about ten minutes and strain before drinking.1 cup per day.🥀🥀🥀
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. . *Fresh Banana Leaf* *For those battling with bedssores*. Anyway, since most of us still have elderly loved ones to look after, I would like to share with you the healing properties of banana leaf. My diabetic dad suffered from one persistent bed sore a few months ago on his sitting bone. Just when we thought we have lost the battle, our maid suggested for us to try her kampung method of covering the bedsore with a fresh banana leaf. Like a miracle, the bedsore started healing within 48 hours and was gone after a week. So, if you know of anyone battling with bedsores, maybe recommend them the use of fresh banana leaf.🌱🌱🌱🌱 For those who want to try, just wash and dry a fresh fresh banana leaf and place it over a freshly cleaned bedsore".....POST THIS AS MANY ELDERS, FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE. IT MAY HELP SOME ONE ,SOME WHERE, WHO KNOWS🙏🏼
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e🌼🌼🌼*SUMMER FOODS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES*🌺🌺🌺Papaya -any part of this fruit, from pulp to seeds is rich in antioxidants and fibre and prevent cell damage in the body. Has Vitamin B, folate, and minerals - as potassium, magnesium, and fibre.🌺🌺🌺Indian blackberry/ black plum / Jamun -82% water and 14.5% carbohydrates . The presence of jambosine and jamboline in the fruit slows down the process of converting starch into sugar. This helps in avoiding the sudden spike of blood sugar levels in the body; consumption of Jamun has shown improvement in the secretion of insulin.🌷🌷🌷Plum, reduces the risk of blood sugar spikes by taking a long time to break down the sugars in the body ; decreases insulin resistance.🌻🌻🌻Peach -the nutrients present in the fruit compensates the carb count for diabetics; are high in potassium, fibre, Vitamin A & Vitamin C. The bioactive compounds fight obesity-related problems and cardiovascular problems in diabetics.🍁🍁🍁Berries- strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or blackberries are low-carbohydrate fruits . Rich in antioxidants, consumption of berries help in low glucose absorption due to the presence of nutrients and phytonutrients present in them. 🌹🌹🌹Apples nutritious with the presence of Vitamin C, soluble fibre, antioxidant properties and are great to add to a diabetes diet. 💐💐💐Watermelon provide the nutrition and flavors .🥀🥀🥀Oranges -with Vitamin C, fibre, folate and potassium.; fibre content .The best way to consume oranges is by eating the fruit raw and not in liquid form.🌻🌻🌻Cucumbers are 96 percent water, one cup of sliced cucumber , packs a number of antioxidants, including vitamin C, manganese, and vitamin A.🌺🌺🌺Bell peppers are another great nonstarchy vegetable with high water content, rich in vitamin C and fiber.🌸🌸🌸Best summer foods for people with diabetesCucumber 🥒🍅 TomatoEggplant 🍆🫐 Blueberry💐💐💐🌼🌼🌼
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*CONDIMENTS AND TYPE 2 DIABETES* 🌸🌸🌸 Herbs and spices-condiments help to lower the blood sugar levels specially for people with or at high risk of type 2 diabetes. 🍁🍁🍁 *Dalchini / Cinnamon* consuming about half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day shows significant improvement in blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels. 🌹🌹🌹 *Kari pattha / Curry* Leaves useful in managing high blood sugar. Several minerals in the leaves maintain normal glucose level in the blood, it influences carbohydrate metabolism and helps reduce the risk of oxidative stress. The curry leaves can been taken as raw , chew a few tender curry leaves daily in the morning on an empty stomach and can also add curry leaf powder to soups and salads. 🌼🌼🌼 *Haldi / Tumeric* contains the compound curcumin, boosts blood sugar control and help prevent the disease. 🌻🌻🌻 *Methi seed / Fenugreek-* seeds, add in warm water overnight soaked, grind into powder form has a significant effect on controlling blood sugar. it to warm water. 🥀🥀🥀 *Tulasi leaves /* Basil a traditional medicine for diabetes increases the secretion of insulin on blood sugar following a meal. 🍂🍂🍂 *Laung / Cloves* are anti-inflammatory, analgesic and digestive health benefits for diabetics. Cloves keep blood sugar levels in check and promote insulin production, further controlling diabetes. 🍁🍁🍁 *Lehsun / Garlic* consumption of garlic increased the serum insulin in diabetics , so adding enough garlic in the daily diet controls sugar levels. 💐💐💐 *Aadrak / Ginger* - in water , brewed into tea, in foods, helps reduce sugar levels.By adding ginger powder or chopped, fresh ginger root to raw or cooked food, by drinking it in a ginger ale. 🌾🌾🌾 *__Aloe vera_*_ juice from the aloe vera plant helps lower blood sugar . The dried sap of the aloe vera plant has been in use traditionally to treat diabetes. Adding juiced pulp to a drink or smoothie is easy way of taking aloe vera. 🌺🌺🌺
