Alternative Medicine for Diabetes
Maybe your doctor recently broke the news
you have diabetes. Or do you know that you are at risk of developing diabetes. So now you are worried, frightened of what diabetes do. Worried about your medications and their side effects. It’s not just you who alone is worrying. There are about 21 million American adults and children who suffer from a form of diabetes. Although drugs with insulin and diabetes and others are available, many are now resorting to alternative medicine.
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease in which blood sugar is above normal, either because the hormone insulin is not secreted at all or whatever insulin is secreted does not work correctly. This increased level of glucose in the blood affects nearly every major organ in our body, including heart and kidney. It is said that diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death. Insulin and anti-diabetes drugs are commonly prescribed to treat diabetes.
Alternative Medicine
new trend
Belief in alternative medicine is growing rapidly, and it is estimated that up to 50% of Americans use some form of alternative therapy. One of the investigations into alternative medicine, concluded that people felt they were added using alternative medicine use, reduce costs, and receive fewer side effects.
alternative medicine in the treatment of diabetes is basically divided into two categories:
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* Those who help weight loss and thus indirectly control diabetes.
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Vitamins and minerals help the body secrete insulin and helping to control diabetes. It is said that minerals such as chromium, magnesium, vanadium and zinc to help control blood sugar. />
Many plant foods decrease the rate of glucose in the blood according to their fiber content among other mechanisms. Some of the well loved foods of plant origin, which are used to control blood sugar, fenugreek seeds, peas, brewer's yeast, buckwheat, broccoli, garlic, ginger, ginseng, hawthorn, nettle, and okra.
For weight control
Type II diabetes is associated with obesity. It is said that maintaining an optimal weight is one of the most vital factor in controlling blood sugar diabetes type II. People use many substances as part of alternative therapies to their weight and thus indirectly control diabetes. Some of the most well loved substances used for weight control, extract Hoodia Gordonia, chitosan, Garcinia camsogia, pyruvate, germander, charanta Momordica, Sauropus androgynus and aristolochic acid.
Other alternative therapies used to treat diabetes – faith healing, reflexology, macrobiosis, astrotherapy (connecting pieces of coral around the arm), Pearl Therapy (pearl oysters cooked in milk and drinking liquids), meditation, ayurveda and homeopathy. P>