Are there any diabetics that have any success with natural remedies?

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Also best diet-are any other advise will be appreciated thank you

Answer 1

My mom had type 2 diabetes - which she got in her 50s - and was able to get rid of it completely for over 10 years - which is virtually unheard of. She used to read every label and didn't eat anything which had sugar in it - which is no easy feat..... most breads and ketchup, salad dressings - everything seems to have sugar in it. She also got her weight down. Her diabetes came back for some reason during the last year of her life when she was dying of cancer.

I've also heard of other people who have had great success with diabetes by following a raw diet. There is one guy at a monthly potluck that I go to who had diabetes and since he's been on raw foods, he always has normal readings.

Raw foods can be hard to do though - so it might not be something you could stick to. I think making any positive dietary changes like whole grains (or even eliminating grains) instead of white foods, cutting back on or eliminating sugar could be very helpful. The diet we currently eat is too processed. Any changes you can make towards eating more natural foods like fruits and vegetables (especially dark, leafy greens like kale, collard greens, spinach) and home cooking should help.

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Type 1 or Type 2? If it's 1-that means it is hereditary and her grandparent had it most liikely and she would have had it as a young adult or even as a child. Type 2 which is what I believe it is since she isn't on on insulin, yet is caused from diet and our lifestlye. The best thing she can do is move. Walk, exercise, swim, dance anything that burns calories. Then she must stop the bad eating habits she has or she will end up on insulin, and that isn't even funny. She can't eat sugar and don't let the newest thing that they say is ok fool you Splenda, no one should eat that. Diabetics for sure shouldn't. She can have sugarless things and maybe a diet soda now and then but not on a daily basis. Water, water and more water. All fruit turns to sugar so, she can have them but not in excess. Also things like potatos and pasta turn into sugar in the body. protien is good. Chicken, tuna, lean red meat and a few nuts and raisind to smnack on. Several small meals a day and not a lot of big meals are better for her, keeps the sugar leveled out and not high and low. Look on the American Diabetes Association website and they will give her the newest info. Probably get a lot of mailed info. for her to keep at home too. Recipes and foods to eat. It really is hard but, this isn't a life sentence unless she allows it to be. Moving and educating herself will keep her healthy. I wish you luck. Love your way too.

Answer 5

The only natural remedy I've found is a sensible diet and exercise, and even then only if you're not required to be on medication. The diet that is best is the one recommended by the American Diabetes Association. You basically eat what's on the food pyramid, no more, but you eat it in a series of 3 small meals and 3 snacks over the course of the day. If you can't afford a dietician, who can provide the specifics of the diet and recommend a tailored diet for you, most bookstores have scores of books on it. You can also contact your local branch of the ADA--most, if not all states have a chapter.

Answer 6

I'm not sure what you mean by success. There are natural remedies that coupled with whatever meds you are on can help to bring your blood sugar levels into balance, lower your blood pressure and help reduce swelling and inflammation. I believe that through conventional as well as alternative medicine, diabetes can be easily controlled.

Answer 7

The anecdotal evidence promised by the above answerers are worth nothing. There is no credible study showing 'naturopathic' remedies work for treating diabetes.

Type-II diabetes can be treated by reducing sugar intake, exercise, etc. Talk to your doctor. Anyone telling you they have a miracle cure for you is out for your money (and at the very best deluded... at worst a heartless quack).

Diabetes should be treated depending on whether you have type-I or type-II. Type-I diabetics should NEVER use so-called 'natural' cures. I recall a 'naturopath' named Louise Lortie from Quebec encouraging a woman to take her child (who had type-I diabetes) of insulin "depending instead on unrefined cane sugar, other homemade herbal concoctions, special massages and salt water baths." The child died after three days of this 'treatment'.

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