Do you know of anything other than medicine that helps with diabetes?

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My co-worker cannot keep her blood sugar down. No medication is helping. She can go 12 hours without eating and her blood sugar would still be 290. Any ideas??

Answer 1

I am a diabetic. Walking is a must! I control my sugars with insulin, however, I have noticed a significant reduction in the need for insulin by following the Macrobiotic Diet. My average fasting sugar is between 70 and 90, 2 hours after lunch it averages between 110 and 125 and dinner it averages around 136 - 150. To do this, your co-worker would need to locate an experienced Macrobiotic Counselor, but you can contact the Kushi Institute, (you can find it online) and they can direct you to a counselor in your area. It's a little expensive, takes a lot of discipline, but it works really well! I went from using 75 units of long acting insulin (NPH) to 25, and I take 5 units of insulin at mealtime (breakfast and lunch) and 15 at night. I lost 56 pounds and I feel lots better. I noticed a lot of changes in my physical body as a result of following the diet. It's based on whole grains and organic foods. Good luck with this. There are some books below that will help with your search. Chromium picolinate can help her to metabolize sugar better, but NOTHING beats walking and staying away from ALL PROCESSED FOODS! If her sugars don't reduce soon, she can expect to have some liver, pancreas and eye problems. Over a period of time, the body begins to break down and the kidneys become overworked at which time they will quit. I know this isn't a lovely picture, but someone needs to paint it for her and let her know how urgent it really is that she get some immediate help.

You can help your co-worker by taking a walk with her at lunch time. Exercise is key in handling and managing diabetes.

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Do you know of anything other than medicine that helps with diabetes?
My co-worker cannot keep her blood sugar down. No medication is helping. She can go 12 hours without eating and her blood sugar would still be 290. Any ideas??

Answer 5

This sounds like something more serious than can be fixed with "ideas" from this forum. Generally speaking, type II diabetes happens gradually and is mostly caused by poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. But this sounds like your friend's pancreas is not producting any insulin at all. Could be bacterial infection. Could be lots of things. She needs to see a health care practitioner for thorough testing.

For reference, herbs that stimulate the pancreas are Barberry, Goat's Rue, Mountain Grape, Karela and Fringe Tree bark. All bitters have a toning effect on the pancreas. Barberry can help with Pancreatitis.

Answer 6

Exercise is very important. A 30 min brisk walk most days of the week will do. Don't eat much red meat or more than 4 - 6 eggs a week. Eating vegetarian is most ideal, but is hard to do.

Alcohol is really bad for diabetics.

She shouldn't eat much sugar or white flour. This includes processed foods. She should eat brown, not white, rice. Wheat, not white, bread.

If she does these things, her blood sugar will go down.

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Answer 8

She needs some exercise. Take a walk, go to a mall and do some window shopping... take a bikeride... just do something. It has to be a life adjustment not just a food adjustment. Cutting down on sugar of course, french fries are a nasty no-no. Be a real friend to her and go walking with her, sometimes people need a boost even when they know what's best for them.

Answer 9

She needs to go to health food store & buy a mineral called "Chromium Picolinate". this will help lower her BG's.
Also, have her buy a Green supplement called "Spirulina". This will help her body stabilize her BG, as well.

Answer 10

not eating is not doing her any good at all!! she has got to eat regularly, starting with breakfast, mid morning snack, lunch, mid afternoon snack, dinner an evening snack, all at the same time (approx.) each day, her meds. should be taken at the same time each day as well. but in all seriousness, she should be talking to her doctor and not taking ANY advice from anyone here, myself included. i'm just saying how it works in my house, try to get her to a doctor again, good luck to you both, hope she gets help soon.