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Alternative Medicine for Diabetes

Maybe your doctor recently broke the newslevels
that you have diabetes. Or you have learnt
that you are at risk of getting diabetes. And*Those that help in weight loss and thus
so now you are worried scared of whatindirectly  control  diabetes.
diabetes will do to you. Worried about the
drugs you have to take and their sideTo  control  blood  sugar  levels
effects. Its not just you who alone is
worrying. There are about 21 million AmericanVitamin and mineral supplements help the body
adults and children who suffer from some formto secrete insulin well that helps in
of diabetes. Though insulin and other anticontrolling diabetes. It is said that
diabetic drugs are available, many are nowminerals like chromium, magnesium, vanadium
resorting  to  alternative  medicine.and zinc help control the blood sugar levels.
What  exactly  is  diabetes?Many plant foods decrease the blood sugar
levels by virtue of their fiber content among
Diabetes is condition in which the glucose inother mechanisms. Some of the popular plant
your blood is higher than normal eitherfoods that are used to control blood sugar
because the hormone insulin is not secretedare fenugreek seeds, peas, brewer's yeast,
at all or whatever insulin is secreted doesbuckwheat, broccoli, garlic, ginger, ginseng,
not work properly. This increased bloodhawthorn,  nettle  and  okra.
glucose affects almost all the important
organs in our body including the heart andTo  control  weight
kidney. It is said that diabetes is the sixth
leading cause of death. Insulin and oral antiType II diabetes is associated with obesity.
diabetic drugs are routinely prescribed toIt is said that maintaining optimum weight is
treat  diabetes.the single most important factor in
controlling blood sugar in Type II diabetes.
Alternative  medicine the  new  trendPeople use many substances as part of
alternative treatment to bring down their
The faith in alternative medicine is risingweight and thus indirectly control diabetes.
very steeply and it is estimated that as muchSome of the popular substances used to
as 50% of the American people are using somecontrol weight are extract of Hoodia
form of alternative treatment. One of thegordonii, chitosan, camsogia garcinia,
surveys conducted on alternative medicinepyruvate, germander, Momordica charanta,
concluded that people felt there were addedSauropus  androgynus  and  aristolochic acid.
benefits from alternative medicine use, lower
cost,  and  perceived  fewer  side  effects.The other alternative therapies being used to
treat diabetes are - faith healing,
The alternative medicine for treatingreflexology, macrobiosis, astrotherapy (tying
diabetes is basically divided in to twopieces of coral around the arms), pearl
categories:therapy (oyster pearls boiled in milk and
then drinking the liquid), meditation,
*Those that can control the blood sugarayurveda and homeopathy.



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