The Chinese have traditionally used bitter melon for hundreds of years. It is not only a vegetable but also medicine. Research shows that bitter melon prevents and controls diabetes effectively. Among the different forms that one can take diabetes is the bitter melon tea.

The tea from the melon fruit without any chemicals, additives, preservatives, or even caffeine is the best suitable method of making it. The best melon tea is one made within 24 hours after harvest. This guarantees both the quality and efficacy in treating Type 2 diabetes.

So why should you take the tea? There are many benefits of taking this natural tea especially if you are diabetic. Firstly, the tea has both seed and fruit extracts which have:

• High concentration of varied anti diabetic properties
• Essential elements that help in glucose oxidation
• Blood sugar-lowering elements

In addition, this tea has leaves that have high concentrations of minerals and vitamins.

Secondly, it has a protein that is the same as p-insulin. This protein when injected in diabetes takes up the role of insulin. This helps patients to control their blood sugar levels.

Thirdly,if you want to take raw tea like I do , you must consult your doctor or have a blood monitoring machine in order not to lower the blood sugar to abnormal levels. I would like to share information with any reader who is taking it the raw manner in which I do.

To get all these benefits, all one needs to do is to take the processed tea. No known side effects found yet which makes it an appropriate supplement for diabetics.

Some countries such as the Philippines promote the use of this herb because of its benefits. In fact, the government promotes it solely for diabetes. In US and Europe, the plant is mostly taken as herbal tea.

For centuries, the Chinese have trusted the melon plant not for one, but the for cure of varied illnesses. It has proved its worth over the years, and no wonder they still continue to use it up to today. In recent medicine, the herb helps prevent and control illnesses such as cancer, HIV/Aids and diabetes. The tea has all the ingredients of the plant – from leaves, fruits and seeds.

It is now up to you to just like the Chinese, trust the bitter tea. If they have used it for centuries, why not try for one or two days? Its benefits are immense. Take take up the challenge and make bitter melon part of your healthy beverages like I do with no regrets.