Metformin & Sweet Potatoes - What Do They Have in Common? Both Reduce Blood Glucose & Increase Insulin Response, Decrease Total Cholesterol & Increase HDL
Image 1: Leaves of wild sweet patatoes from the Phillipines (photo by Obsidian Soul ) "Nature knows best!" Who would have thought that this motto of mine applies to the #1 paleo-pasta-replacement, the sweet potato, as well? While the tuberous roots do of course contain many of those nasty carbohydrates, which, in reminiscence of the fat-phobia of the closing 20th century, could be called the "bad fats of the early 21st century", the whole plant also comes with a whopping dose of a Metformin-esque anti-diabetes drug that would undo potential damage secondary to carbohydrate overload., uf... yes if we consumed its heart-shaped or palmately lobed leaves (they are edible and non-toxic!) In the VNU Journal of Science, Natural Sciences and Technology , Do Ngoc Lien and his Vietnamese colleagues published some very interesting data on the effects an ethyl acetate extract from the leaves Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam (sweet potato). had on glucose, insulin and ...