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Recent research out of the St. Louis University (SLU) shows that bitter melon serves as a whole lot more than just a tasty gourd, showing viability in the prevention of cancer.

Dr. Ratna Ray, Ph.D., a longtime advocate of bitter melon for medicinal use, is looking into how the fruit can help prevent prostate and other forms of cancer. With additional funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Ray believes that what she's uncovering might be duly beneficial in the treatment of both head and neck cancers.

For her study, Dr. Ray will feed bitter melon extract to mice with head and neck cancers to see if the fruit shows efficacy in vivo. Based on the findings, bitter melon could go on to be the subject of phase I clinical trials in humans, potentially going on to become a first-line treatment for cancer that doesn't involve the use of chemotherapy or radiation.

Bitter melon acts at the cellular level to stop cancer cells from both multiplying and spreading.

Bitter melon shown efficacy in the treatment of type-2 diabetes, to improve glucose uptake in order to relieve some of the burden of excess blood sugar.

It contains special compounds that activate AMP-activated protein kinase, a cellular enzyme that helps protect against obesity and diabetes by encouraging the movement of glucose transporters to the surface of cells.

This process, researchers have determined, significantly improves metabolic function, thus minimizing the damage caused by excess sugar intake.

Bitter melon had a modest hypoglycemic effect and significantly reduced fructosamine levels from the baseline among patients with type-2 diabetes who received 2,000 mg/day.

Bitter melon not only as a natural remedy for cancer and type-2 diabetes, but also as a treatment for HIV and AIDS, as well as other infections.