Fenugreek and onion are good for diabetes with heart disease

Earlier it was known that more production of an enzyme (angiotensin-converting enzyme or ACE) and receptor (AT1 of renin-angiotensin system) in cardiac tissues of diabetic patients is a cause of heart-related disorders. Scientists have shown that both the enzyme and receptor are produced less in mice supplemented with fenugreek and onion and therefore the entire successive biochemical pathway initiated by these two is attenuated.

Although fenugreek and onion individually were able to ameliorate heart-related disorders in diabetic rats, it was found that they worked better in combination. The research results have been published in journal Cardiovascular toxicology.

“The fiber-rich fenugreek seeds and sulfur compound-rich onion are now understood to possess significant sugar-lowering as well as lipid-lowering action. They also possess antioxidant potential which is likely to have far-reaching implication in alleviating secondary complications associated with diabetes,” explained Dr. Krishnapura Srinivasan, who led the study, while talking to India Science Wire. The study was jointly done by him and Krishnapura Srinivasan. (India Science Wire)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12012-017-9431-1