Quote from: xhomerx10 on December 28, 2024, 04:39:45 PM

Quote from: WatChe on December 27, 2024, 05:24:14 PM

Name: Shabloot (Urdu Language)

Just discovered this dry fruit in my local fruit market and it's written in urdu language that "This fruit is for Diabetes"

Anyone has tried this Huh

I wasn't able to figure this out so I called a friend. They told me that "shabloot" translated to chestnut but they questioned the spelling. It's a transliteration though so...

"shabloot" seemed to point to "chestnut" in English but those are no chestnuts I've ever seen. Google image search has been rendered absolutely useless so that didn't help one bit. Anyway... I thought maybe it was date seeds and found this on the NIH website:

"Accordingly, in our study, it is hypothesised that supplementation with date seed powder (DSP), as an efficient adjuvant treatment, can improve hyperglycaemia, insulin resistance, hyperlipidaemia, oxidative stress, anti-/inflammatory status, mental health and dysbiosis of the gut microbiota in patients with T2DM "

and this from iopscience:

"Conclusion: the active substances in date palm seeds can improve oxidative stress in pancreatic beta cells so that it can restore insulin production. Consumption of date seeds has the potential to reduce blood glucose levels in hyperglycemic patients and does not change the glycemic index in normal people."

After comparing more images, I realized it can't be date seeds either but hey, maybe philipma1957 can use date seed power until we figure out what the heck those things are. I decided to give it one last try and I'm fairly confident that we're looking at acorns from the mighty oak.

It would have been nice if there were a few stray caps in the image you provided to help verify but... I'm 95% sure that's what they are. I don't know anyone who eats them around here - I mean you can eat them but they require processing to remove the tannins otherwise, you'll probably feel sick... you could poison yourself but before that, your tongue will feel like the insole of your boot. That being said, once properly processed, they are very nutritious and maybe they're also helpful when it comes to treating diabetes:

"Acorn muffins could be utilized as an adjuvant therapy to control appetite and ameliorate glycated haemoglobin in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, further investigations are required for a more comprehensive conclusion." - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9922149/

Have you eaten them? If so, how do you prepare them?

I am uploading image of single 'Shabloot' here. I tried YouTube this time and found it's 'Chestnut' (sorry for not trying that before). You pointed out benefits of Dates seed, which is very quite informative but these 'Shabloot' (Chestnut) are not dates since I tried one of them during my visit to fruit market. The seller gave me one which is processed for eating and taste is not that good. Nothing wrong in eating one or two at a time but if you have to eat few of them regularly as a medicine then you will feel there taste is not good.
After figuring out this dry fruit, do you have any info how this dry fruit can help in lowering blood sugar. On Youtube I found many benefit of this like it lowers blood sugar, control blood pressure and more.