Health Benefits of Bay Leaves
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Manages Diabetes
Recent studies suggest that ingesting bay leaves can help manage type 2 diabetes. The properties in bay leaves may help improve insulin sensitivity in some people. The amount required to help manage diabetes is one to three grams per day.4Khan, Alam, et al. ‘Bay Leaves Improve Glucose and Lipid Profile of People with Type 2 Diabetes.’ Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, The Society for Free Radical Research Japan, Jan. 2009, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613499
Care should be taken with people with diabetes, especially those who have type 1, which requires special therapy with insulin. Using bay leaves as a condiment, along with a low-carbohydrate diet are great additions to antidiabetes drugs.
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