Impact Of Bitter Guard Powder Suppementation on Sugar Level Among Diabetic Patients

Abstract

Diabetes is a serious, chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin (a hormone that regulates blood glucose), or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Raised blood glucose, a common effect of uncontrolled diabetes, may, over time, lead to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. More than 400 million people live with diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing for the past 3 decades and is growing most rapidly in low- and middle-income countries. Associated risk factors such as being overweight or obese are increasing. Diabetes is an important cause of blindness, kidney failure, lower limb amputation and other long-term consequences that impact significantly on quality of life. For the prevention of diabetes, awareness must be creating among population. Another way to control and prevent diabetes is use of alternative therapy like supplementation of herbal or natural products which containing medicinal value for curing many diseases. Bitter guard is a kind of vegetable which also have a property to control diabetes with natural product. In the present study, the impact of  bitter guard powder supplementation among diabetic patient for controlling of diabetes. For the study, 30 diabetic patients selected with purposive random sampling technique and supplemented with bitter guard powder foe 30 days. Results were analyzed with suitable statistical analysis for testing significance.