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Makopa Leaves as Tea for Lowering Blood Glucose

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ABSTRACT High glucose level can lead to diabetes and may cause many complications. There are many cures, preventions and medications to avoid it but people could not do it or even afford it. That is the main reason why the researcher targets to make a discovery on preventing the risk of having high glucose level. For such people who cannot have the means to afford buying expensive food supplements, teas and other medicines to maintain a good health. The study aims to be effective for lowering blood glucose to the easiest way and the simplest way by finding and just asking if there is someone who has this plant. Therefore, in preparing the tea, old and young leaves were dried into two separate containers for almost five hours. The dried pulverized leaves were placed in the tea bad and were placed on the cup with the hot water and tested with the respondents who have high level of blood glucose. Based on the results showed and been computed on the experiment and statistical analysis, since the computed ratio is less than the level of significance, the null hypothesis is accepted. The null hypothesis states that there is no significant difference in the tea made of young leaves and the old ones. The researcher therefore conclude that any ages of makopa leaves tea is significant of being tea for lowering blood glucose and can be made by ordinary people who has difficulties on affording such expensive food supplements, teas and medicines.

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