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I came across this packet in Kuttralam on my way back to Bangalore from Kollam.. Since it was a boys trip there was no way we could have given this a miss with all those awesome massages and the chance to stand under the waterfall. . When we reached the place as usual a vendor comes peddling his products to us. We were on the verge of sending him away when he told us about this leaf he was having. He made us eat the dry leaf which was extremely bitter. He then went ahead and proclaimed that we will not be able to eat anything sweet for 3 hrs. After that he gave us sugar which tasted like saw dust. We were skeptical and tried more sweet stuff but then found it was true. The leaf had suppressed the sweet part of our taste buds. We were able to taste all other things except the taste of sweet. I then came back home and did more research on the stuff. Called Gymnema sylvestre or ChakaraKolli in Malayalam literally meaning sugar destroyer, used in the treatment of diabetes, this works as an insulin supplement and has no side effects. For more info check Wikipedia page
Written for the A to Z 2014 Challenge for G . Also part of April UBC and ABC Wednesday with M for Magical Nature. For more memes click here
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Hey nice post ! I have seen it but never tried tasting it 🙂
well I told this to my fam and the first thing they did was fire me for eating something unknown but yeah thats me 🙂
Never heard of this stuff. Don’t know if I would like to not be able to taste sweets! ♥
the effect lasts for 3 hrs……
huh! How interesting is that?!
I didn’t know this..
Nature is amazing no?
Have never heard about this… Intriguing … Wow, how strange to eat sugar and then it tastes like saw dust ..:-) learning something new every day:-) 🙂
Its an experience by itself to eat sugar and not to too 🙂
Never heard about this!! Nice piece of information!! I want to try
~S(t)ri
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Its extremely bitter but interesting after effect eh:)
Heard of it.. Never seen! Lovely share. Thanks 🙂
Shalzzz|Loving Life
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its more popular and available around the hilly areas of Tamil Nadu
This sounds so good. Wonder if I can find it in Pune.
Oh this is great! I must recommend this to my family. Thanks Pheno!
~Shailaja
A to Z Challenge, 2014/ UBC, April 2014
I never knew about this..wish I could have recommended it to my uncle..but never to late to know right?
Random Thoughts Naba
If u have anyone u know in TamilNadu or Kerala u could try
Chakkarakkolli ! this piece is so informative 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂
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woaa never heard about this. Thank you for sharing …
Wow…never heard of this before! Thanks! 🙂
Nature sure is interesting eh
Learnt something new today, thanks for this.
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This is interesting for me as I have Diabetes 😉
Thanks
Oh I have another solution for that as well. I used to have type 2 diabetes. After I started drinking water boiled with a root called ekanayagam and when I went for the H1ac test (the 3 month average) I found I was out of the diabetes group and range 🙂
How fascinating! Never heard of this. I could certainly use some as I have a notorious sweet tooth that often takes over, especially my chocolate cravings. Thanks for the info. Never heard of anything like this in Canada where sugar consumption is very high.
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Indeed it was a surprising discovery for me as well. Each packet costs less than a dollar
An informative post, indeed! Sharing it with people I know who can use it.
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Thnx !
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Wow! How interesting is that!! That was insightful too!
Yep nature is always interesting and intriguing
Interesting, but what is the use of it, if it has such a bitter taste? Anyway thanks for your post.
Wil, ABCW. Team
sometimes the bitterest of things are the sweetest for health 🙂
So where can I get this? (short of traveling to Bangalore 😉 )
You might try searching for the Gymnema sylvestre tablets maybe and keep your fingers crossed
Never heard of these leaves…interesting trivia 🙂
well thats why I love travelling. Helps to update the trivia eh? 🙂
Wow! This is some discovery! Quite interesting! Sharing it right away! 🙂
thanks !
I’d like to try it.
its a good thing to try
wow, this is so interesting!
yep it caught me when I came across it too 🙂
So interesting, I had never heard of this ‘sugar destroyer’ stuff. Travel brings all sorts of surprises!
Had never heard of this…nature has so much to offer.
Oh Yes !