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The Health Benefits of Banaba Leaf Extract

Posted by Melodie Munro on April 19, 2013 at 5:18pm

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The Health Benefits of Banaba Leaf Extract
by Jennifer Good

According to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 million children and adults in the US have diabetes. That's 8.3% of the population. This high growth has led to growing number of pharmaceutical drugs attempting to treat the problem – and with those drugs, a host of dangerous side effects, such as increased risk of heart failure.1 It's no wonder people are looking for safer, and possibly more effective, natural alternatives. With this in mind, this week's featured natural ingredient, banaba leaf extract, could be a powerful alternative.

Banaba leaves are from a tropical tree, Lagerstroemia speciosa, that grows naturally in Southeast Asia. The leaves are used in the Phillipines and in India as a traditional treatment for diabetes and for kidney and liver health.1,2 It turns out these cultures were on to something.

The blood sugar regulating properties of corosolic acid, the active ingredient in banaba leaf, have been demonstrated in cell culture, animal, and human studies. In isolated cells, it is known to stimulate glucose uptake.

In diabetic mice, rats, and rabbits, banaba feeding reduces elevated blood sugar and insulin levels to normal. In humans with type II diabetes, banaba extract, at a dose of 16-48 mg per day for 4-8 weeks, has been shown to be effective in reducing blood sugar levels 5%-30%) and maintaining tighter control of blood sugar fluctuations.

An interesting "side-effect" of tighter control of blood sugar and insulin levels is a significant tendency of banaba to promote weight loss (an average of 2-4 lbs. per month) – without significant dietary alterations. It is likely that modulation of glucose and insulin levels reduces total caloric intake somewhat and encourages moderate weight-loss.

In folk medicine, the leaves were often brewed as a tea; however, today it can be easily found in supplement form.

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