I see lots of familiar things on my early-morning run through the neighborhood. Neighbors walking with their dogs and morning coffee and kids weighed down by backpacks waiting for the school bus are a ...

Asian American chefs are embracing the medicinal gourd anew. By Cathy Erway On broad banana leaves, dishes of sweet soy dipping sauce, a creamy pork liver sauce, a bubbling pinakbet, some sticky rice ...

Karen Man, the former co-owner and pastry chef of the renowned but-now-shuttered Oxheart restaurant, walked into my house one morning recently for a cup of chai. She also brought with her a small ...

Bitter melon may help lower blood sugar levels in people with prediabetes. Some compounds in bitter melon might fight cancer, but more studies are needed. Bitter melon is a good source of fiber, which ...

I see lots of familiar things on my early-morning run through the neighborhood. Neighbors walking with their dogs and morning coffee and kids weighed down by backpacks waiting for the school bus are a ...

Where bitter melon shows the strongest promise is in diabetes management. It contains several bioactive compounds —charantin (a plant steroid), polypeptide-p (a plant-derived insulin-like protein) and ...

In bars from Hong Kong to Vancouver, the medicinal tang of bitter melon is making its way onto drinks menus. The Bitter Sweet cocktail at Jade & Clover in Lower Manhattan features bitter melon in ...

Both berberine and bitter melon show evidence for blood sugar-lowering effects. That said, berberine is more potent, may mimic the effects of the current diabetes drug metformin, and may better ...