Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush…
Who would have thought that laughing, happy kids dancing around the tree already had some of the best natural secrets in treating obesity & type 2 diabetes.
What secrets? Oh NOW you’re interested!
Dancing = proper exercise = increased hormone balancing
& nutrient metabolism
Laughing = significant stress reduction = healthier immunity
Mulberry Bush = Morus alba = white mulberry leaf = significant glucose suppression
Traditional Chinese Medicine has long respected & used almost all parts of the Mulberry tree for different medicinal uses… the twigs, roots, bark, fruit, leaves, & even the silk worm that feeds on them. Two ancient, legendary Chinese figures in a way had this dance around the tree in common. The Yellow Emperor, know for his fascination & dedication to the study & progression of Classical Chinese Medicine & his principle wife Xi Ling Shi, credited for inventing the loom & the process of reeling silk from the worm that was made to feed upon the mulberry leaf [1]. White mulberry leaf research has shown to reduce fasting blood glucose, reduce A1C concentrations, positively affect serum lipids & lipid peroxidation indicators, & even reduce sugar absorption by co-ingestion [2]. This means that it reduces sugar spikes while you are eating & not just afterward, and can have a lasting affect for about 2 hours[2]. Furthermore, mulberry leaf “… increased the serum adiponectin… [to] inhibit lipid accumulation in the liver. [3]” As for dancing & laughing, the key is to create effective, continual, stress reduction. The level of Cortisol (a cholesterol compound hormone) released in the blood, is highly affected by stress & in particular chronic buildup of stress. Meaning that “… small but chronic excess of cortisol does eventually result in a central fat deposition… [and is] positively correlated with BMI… & waist measurement. [4]”
Can good health really have such simple childlike ingredients all rooted…
Round The Mulberry Bush?
~ Aaron Ray Bigler, L.Ac, Dipl. OM, CST
References:
[1] http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/chinasilkroad/qt/041311-The-Legend-Of-The-Invention-Of-Silk-By-The-Wife-Of-The-Yellow-Emperor.htm
[2] http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/5/1272.full
[3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2935155/
[4] http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/33/6/1364.long