Man flu is not a myth, claim scientists, who found men suffer more because they invest in their spirit of adventure at the expense of their immune system. A team at the University of Cambridge came up with the theory by applying a mathematical model to the various factors that characterise males and females Photo: PA.
The leaves of the Gymnema sylvestre plant contain gymnemic acids, which have been shown to slow the transport of glucose from the intestines to the bloodstream. This, in turn, helps to: 1  Lower blood sugar. 2  Lower hemoglobin A1c.
Plantago major (broadleaf plantain or greater plantain) is a species of plantago, family Plantaginaceae. The plant is native to most of Europe and northern and central Asia, but has widely naturalised elsewhere in the world.Plantago major is one of the most abundant and widely distributed medicinal crops in the world.lantago major is an herbaceous perennial plant with a rosette of leaves 15â30 cm in diameter. Each leaf is oval-shaped, 5â20 cm long and 4â9 cm broad, rarely up to 30 cm long and 17 cm broad, with an acute apex and a smooth margin; there are five to nine conspicuous veins.