Soaked methi water, every morning. Does it do anything?

A glass on many Indian counters. We read the trials. Tap to see → Read the guide

It turns slippery. That gel is soluble fibre.

Soak a spoon overnight In animal studies, it slowed how fast carbohydrate was digested. The gummy fibre

Modest falls in fasting sugar, two-hour sugar and HbA1c

Pooled: 10 trials, 706 people Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, per a 2023 review. Not a medicine. The studies

"So methi water works?"

A small study, 18 adults with type 2 diabetes analysed: fasting sugar fell 25% in the hot-water group. No group went without methi. The methi water study

Fewer developed diabetes with methi powder

3 years, 140 adults, prediabetes A processed, debitterised powder, not dabba seeds. Controls had 4.2 times the chance. The Indian trial

Modest, at measured amounts.

A food, not a medicine Effects showed at 5 g a day or more. On diabetes medicines or insulin, ask your doctor before measured amounts. The cautions

What matters more than the methi in your thepla?

The article shows what, and where the sugar sits in winter's methi ladoo. Read the full article

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