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03/25/2018 / By Zoey Sky

The health benefits of royal jelly can improve outcomes for diabetes patients

Aside from being known pollinators of food crops, bees also provide us with beeswax, honey, and propolis. Even bee venom has life-saving properties. But did you know that a certain honey bee secretion called royal jelly also offers a lot of health benefits? Bees secrete royal jelly, a unique healing compound that functions as nourishment for the […]

03/17/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Health benefits of Coccinia grandis (L.) include antioxidant, antiglycation and insulinotrophic properties

A team of researchers from Bharathidasan University Constituent College for Women and Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Science has found that the mature, unripe fruits of the ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) have potential as a natural, anti-diabetic treatment and food. They attribute this to the antioxidant, anti-glycation and insulinotropic qualities of the fruit’s flavonoids […]

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