Mulberry for Diabetes

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