Bitter Gourd (Momordica Charantia) I. Introduction The bitter melon (also known as bitter gourd) looks like a cucumber but with ugly gourd-like bumps all over it. As the name implies‚ this vegetable is a melon that is bitter. There are two varieties of this vegetable: One grows to about 20 cm long‚ is oblong and pale green in color. The other is the smaller variety‚ less than 10 cm long‚ oval and has a darker green color. Both varieties have seeds that
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Ampalaya (Momordica Charantia) Ampalaya is a vegetable grown throughout the Philippines. It grows wild in the remote areas of Mt. Banahaw. As the English name suggests (bitter melon)‚ the melon has a bitter taste due to the presence of momordicin. Ampalaya is also considered the best herbal medicines for its ability to help with liver problems‚ Diabetes and HIV. Ampalaya are excellent sources of Vitamin B‚ iron‚ calcium‚ and phosphorus. It is also rich in beta carotene. All of it parts are consumable
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Introduction Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia in the family of Cucurbitaceae) is a widely popular vegetable grown extensively in several parts of India and in countries like Africa‚ China‚ Caribean and Southeast asian regions (Cefalu et al‚ 2008 and Cousens‚ 2008). Bitter gourd is a herbaceous climbing annual with ridged stems that grows up to 5 metre long. The plant usually grows on trellis 180 cm in height and has a hairy stem with numerous branches and dense foliage. The main varieties of bitter gourd
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body. Today we know some home remedies to control diabetes naturally: 1. From Bitter Gourd: Bitter gourd can help you controlling diabetes due to its blood glucose lowering effects. It inclines to impact the glucose metabolism all over your body rather than a specific organ or tissue. You can also drink bitter gourd juice on an empty stomach every morning. Firstly eliminate the spores of two to three bitter gourds and with the help of juicer you can abstract the juice. Add some water and then
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The Craft of Gourds The purpose of this research paper is to inform the reader about the wonders of the gourd. It is meant to inform on these topics. First‚ what is a gourd? Second‚ the history of the gourd. Third‚ The different methods of decorating gourds across a variety of cultures. Fifth‚ the process of creating your own decorated gourd or gourd birdhouse. Sixth‚ gourds in contemporary culture. What is a Gourd? In The Garden of Gourds‚ botanist L.H. Bailey wrote a very broad definition…” Members
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The story “Broken Gourd” is narrated by a young girl called Eunju Namkung‚ whose parents this is a broken gourd.gourd. Eunju starts to talk about how her father tells a story‚ but just one story. Eunju starts to explains the circumstances that led to her family in calling her a “broken gourd”. Eunju was described as sweet little kindergarten who was make fun of because she was smaller than others. She begins by telling a story about a fight she gets in with Ian Park a second grader. Her father-daughter
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Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (A) (HBS 9-794-079) 1. How should Vermijs expect NutraSweet to respond to the Holland Sweetener Company’s entry into the European and Canadian aspartame markets? Initiate Price War Although we discussed in class that price wars could be detrimental to the industry‚ NutraSweet has the upper hand. Because NutraSweet controls an overwhelming majority of the market‚ the company could simply lower their margins for a short period
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BITTER COMPETITION : THE HOLLAND SWEETENER COMPANY VERSUS NUTRASWEET (A) In the late 1986‚ the Holland Sweetener Company (HSC)‚ based in Maastricht‚ the Netherlands‚ was preparing to enter the European and Canadian aspartame markets. Aspartame‚ a low-calorie‚ high-intensity‚ sweetener‚ had been discovered in 1965 by G.D. Searle & Co.‚ a U.S. pharmaceuticals company. Having secured a number of patents on its discovery‚ Searle had gone on to develop markets for aspartame as a food and beverage
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Bitter Sugar Bitter Sugar is now one of my most favorite foreign movies‚ other than ‘Swept Away’. It gives me such a great help understanding the political system in different parts of the world. On this occasion I will begin to interpret the film ‘Bitter Sugar’ directed by ‘Leon Ichaso.’ Bitter Sugar is a film that is mostly in my opinion‚ anti- Castro. Although the film was made in 1996‚ it was representing the period after the Cuban Revolution. Hence‚ the film is shot in Black and White. The
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My journey to America I woke up to the sound of a singing rooster‚ My grandmother came into the room "oh now you’re awake" I’ve made breakfast she said in Creole. I got excited and ran in to the kitchen‚ but before I had reached the kitchen‚ a smell hit me‚ I already knew what it was. My senses already got my mind imagining what my grandma had made.The smell of coffee was delightful for us in Haiti cause its our every morning medicine‚ Then I smelled the fried egg and sausage my mind went
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