I've not eaten bittermelon in a while now, but it is available in asian supermarkets. It is bitter, just as the name implies, but my wife prepares it with tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers and scrambled eggs. It is ok. She uses equal parts of each of the veggies, more or less....

When I ate bittermelon regularly, I did notice it had a good impact on my blood glucose...

Nancy, I'm on my 3rd day of control with just gymnema slyvestre. I plan on taking up to 750mg of it in 250mg doses which include 200mg of chromium picolinate and 15mg of vanadyl sulfate. In addition, I also plan to take up to 1560mg of gymnema sylvestre in doses of 520mg, which those pills do not have any other added ingredient.

So far, I've not had to take the whole planned dosage to get control...