Diabetes, the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., increased alarmingly in 1999, prompting the government to call the disease and unfolding epidemic. By 2025 it is estimated there will be 22 million American with Diabetes. As this book details, diabetes can often be prevented or controlled with positive lifestyle changes, including eh use of ampalaya (aka bitter melon), a vegetable that is being used around the world as a tea, in capsules, or in its whole form to successfully lower blood sugar levels in diabetics.