Saturday, January 31, 2009

How to Naturally Control Diabetes

By Marcus Clarkson

The biggest problem faced by many people today who suffer from diabetes is being able to control the condition effectively. Unfortunately, there is no real cure for this health problem, but there are plenty of conventional and alternative treatments now available that can be used to help in controlling it. In fact, studies carried out in the USA have shown that using diabetes natural control treatments over conventional ones can help reduce the risk of complications in a person by as much as 60 percent.

However, in this article, we look at just what some of these natural treatments are which can be used to control diabetes if you suffer from it. Certainly, there are many advantages to be gained from using natural rather than manmade products, the main of which is that they do not cause side effects. Where as with those made using chemicals can cause additional health problems to the person using them including such as skin allergies and dizziness.

Plus choosing to use natural treatments for controlling diabetes is actually far safer. As well as the cost of buying the natural treatments over the chemical ones is much cheaper, and they are far readily available as well. Now let us look at some of the natural treatments that you may want to consider trying.

1. Pterocarpus Marsupium or Indian Kino contains a gum resin, which looks similar to dried blood and why it is more commonly referred to as Dragon's Blood. This has been used for many centuries now in Indian medicine and especially for treating diabetes.

2. Bitter Melon (Momordica Charantia) also known as Balsam Pear is grown in South America, Africa and Asia and just like the above-mentioned herb has been used for centuries to treat diabetes. It is the fresh juice and the extract from the unripened fruit, which have been found to be effective at helping to control a diabetic's blood sugar.

3. Gymnema Sylvestre or Gurmar helps the pancreas in producing insulin that people unable to make when they suffer from Type 2 Diabetes. But this herb also contains properties, which helps the body to actually lower blood sugar in both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes also.

4. Onion and Garlic are both effective at helping to control a person's diabetes as like all the other herbs previously mentioned they contain properties that are good at controlling their blood sugar. But unlike some of the herbs previously mentioned these are very readily and easily available.

But along with the above-mentioned diabetes control, natural treatments there are plenty of others that are readily available and which are just as suitable. For example, you may want to try Bilberry, Cinnamon, Stevia, Fenugreek, Blueberry leaves as well. But if you do it is important that you discuss the matter with your doctor first. - 15438

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