Natural Cure For Diabetes

how long should it take to get my blood sugar under control with my numbers rangeing between 275 – 398 ?

control by pills only – i can not and will not take needles – i would rather die before i take needles.

Hi,

I suggest that you take drastic diet changes if you don’t want to be on medication.

In his book Dr. Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes, he talks about diet changes that can reduce the need for medications. Many of his patients that praticipated in a study where able to reduce both weight and medication levels over a 3 month time.

Also consider reading The PH Miracle for Diabetes by Dr. Young. Both are at Amazon.com and other book stores. Dr. Young writes that soft drinks are extreemly acidic, and so are many other things such as coffee, and many of the common foods that we eat. Being more acidic makes your insulin less efective, and becoming more alkaline makes the insulin more efficient.

If you don’t start to change your diet and take your medication, then your sugar levels are likely to get worse, not better. As you already know, high sugar levels lead to becoming very sleepy, and many other bad things.

Start to eat more vegetables, fruits, and try eating oatmeal with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon for breakfast. Avoid eating meats with each meal, and reduce milk products too. Stop eating all cheese for at least a month. Then only moderate amounts of cheese for the next couple of months. So a little cheese as a flavoring to a burrito or taco is OK, but avoid slices of cheese on crackers.

Stop eating eggs for a month too. Of course avoid concentrated sugars, such as cookies, ice cream, dried fruits, nuts, soft drinks.

Good Luck!

The Doctor said I have high blood sugar Do I have diabetes?

On Friday I went to the doctors and they checked me for diabetes. The reading was 4 and they told me it was normal and I didn’t have diabetes. Today I went this morning and it was 4. Then I went back home and ate a packet of chips and 2 slices of bread then they checked again and the number climbed to 7. The doctor said I have high blood sugar. Im really worried now.

Thats normal after eating. Take it at least two hours after eating !

How can I control my blood sugar with type 2 diabetes?

I would like to get my blood sugar down so I can avoid insulin which I have read makes it harder to lose weight.

Diet and exercize, a 10% loss in weight can actually turn around insulin resistance and diabetes. But don’t stop there it is something that you have to do the rest of your life. As far as diet portion sizes are very important and eat your veggies and fiber. I have seen this work with people I love.

What foods bring down high blood sugar?

I know cactus can bring it down quick. As can exercising and wasting energy.

But if someone can’t exercise due to a heart condition. Then how can they bring down their high blood sugar quickly?
What foods are good for that?

Or should the person just not eat for a while?
interesting. I eat cactus to bring mine down and it always works like a charm. As it does for the people I recommend it to. I guess it depends on the person. My mother inlaw now has diabetes and can’t exercise due to a heart condition so I guess meds is the only option there.
interesting. I eat cactus to bring mine down and it always works like a charm. As it does for the people I recommend it to. I guess it depends on the person. My mother inlaw now has diabetes and can’t exercise due to a heart condition so I guess meds is the only option there.

The trick with beginning an exercise routine is to start off slow. Do only 5 minutes of continuous movement, such as walking, in the beginning and work yourself up another 5 minutes a week or so later. Eventually, you will be doing 15 to 20 minutes of exercise and your body will begin to respond.

Now as far as foods go, eating green leafy vegetables, drinking certain teas (such as green, black, oolong or white), limiting unhealthy proteins, and using stevia instead of sugar can all help.

There are also many supplements that will help control blood sugar levels such as b-complex, cinnamon, fenugreek, garlic and many others.

I will leave you with some web pages to help you learn more about how to lower your blood sugar levels.

Good luck to you.

mechanisms in the control of blood sugar level?

Can you summarize the mechanisms which participate in the control of the blood sugar level in the body?

the body has a complex set of mechanisms to keep the glucose in the normal range.

The liver is in charge of taking up and releasing glucose into the bloodstream. After a meal, the blood carrying nutrients from digestion first ?ows through the liver, which removes the excess glucose. When the glucose level in the blood drops (for example, after fasting or exercising), the liver does the opposite and releases glucose into the bloodstream. The liver knows how to regulate the level of glucose in the blood because it receives signals from hormones, which are chemical mes­sengers in the blood. The two hormones that are particularly important in diabetes are insulin and glucagon.

These hormones are produced in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, an elongated organ located behind and below the stomach in the abdomen. There are about a million islets in a normal pancreas, and they consist of several types of cells— the beta cells make insulin and the alpha cells make glucagons.

In a person with diabetes, the beta cells in the islets fail, and this alters the bal­ance of insulin and glucagon actions on the tissues. The cause and degree of beta cell failure varies in different kinds of diabetes,

Are there any Indian websites that are good for people with high blood sugar?

My coworker is Indian(not American Indian) and she wants to know what Indian food she can eat to help her with her high blood sugar.She doesn’t eat a lot of sweets so it kind of surprised me,but nonetheless are there any Indian websites she can go to?She is also vegetarian.Thank you!

I don’t know of any Indian websites, but can tell you that SUGAR has absolutely nothing to do with who gets diabetes and who doesn’t. It is the total grams of carbohydrate we consume daily that has the greatest impact.

I have a feeling your friend eats a lot of rice and root veggies in her food plan. Rice for me is an absolute no no. I can’t even have a teaspoon without my glucose levels racing for the moon.

You might research the Glycemic Index and check on the grams of carb in your friend’s food plan. One good site is http://www.mendosa.com
Another site for good menu planning is http://www.nutritiondata.com

If she can keep her grams of carb to about 30 per meal it is much easier to keep the glucose in line.

mechanisms involved in the ‘control of blood sugar level’ flow chart?

Can anyoneone tell me how to make a flow diagram that shows mechanisms involved in the body controlling the blood sugar level?

F.Y.I. how do i put conditions and situations?

http://www.biology-online.org/images/blood_2.GIF

There is how.

You have the middle value – without deviation, and on either side you put the deviations and what they trigger ect.

Hope that helps.

is it possible to have diabetes but not have high blood sugar?

i am having some signs of diabetes (frequent urination, tiredness when eating sugars). but i got my blood sugar tested a few months ago and it was okay. is it possible for me to have diabetes without high blood sugar.

also, do you think i need to take meds in my current condition, or are diet and exercise sufficient?

I think you doesn’t have diabetes cause your blood sugar level normal…..if you are obesity or have family with diabetes…you are people with risk diabetes…..about the condition, I think you are too tired and too worried, just take a rest, eat more good food ….and try to enjoy this life…don’t be stress….god luck

How I control my Blood Sugar without medicine?

I am in my 40. From the symptom I am sure that I have Blood Sugar. Pls suggest food habits & life style. I dont hv any habits of smoking or drinking.

If yourself had really blood sugar – it is difficult controlling it without medicines. Confirm from the tests.

Do regular excercises – depending on your health \body condition, take moderate food – at right time – at frequent intervals – dont overload your stomach[ this avoids fluctuations in blodd sugar levels], take less fatty, less oily food.- a balanced corbohydrate, protein and fat. Reduce your body weight – low fat, high fibre foods to maintain normal weight. Avoid corborated foods\drinks. Take plenty of fresh veg\fruits.Avoid saturated food and fats made with hydrogenerated fats. You have not mention your height and weight. If you are obesse\overweight reducing your body weight is a must. DIET \ EXERCISES ARE THE CORNER STONES OF DIABETIC MANAGEMENT
avoid artificial sweetners, sugar based foods

Why do I feel like I am starving when I am am burning fat and why is my blood sugar still high?

I am not eating carbs. I am trying to keep my blood sugar low. Even though I am burning fat (look slimmer) why am I still getting high blood sugar readings? They are often 135-140. I am a type two diabetic.

If I am not taking in carbs then why is the sugar still a bit high?
Yes I am on medication. I just want to know why these things happen. If you knew anything about diabetes you would know that eating carbs is NOT good for diabetics so please do not give me crap and tell me to go to the doctor. I have already done that. Thanks.
I have also worked in health care closely with diabetics for 12 years. Please do not answer the question if you are going to tell me to go to the doctor. It is stupid to assume that getting opinions on things like this is a bad thing. Other diabetics usually know more about diabetes than doctors do. Mainly because they have a reason to study it instead of looking into a small book and shoving you on more medications.

Not all of the glucose in your blood comes from carbohydrate intake. Your liver produces glucose which it assembles from stored glycogen. Even when you eat no carbs whatsoever, your liver can manage to come up with some because your body requires it for fuel (especially your brain).

If your tissues are insulin resistant, which is usually the case with T2 diabetes, the glucose stays in the blood and can’t be taken up into the tissues, which are "starving" for it. Thus you feel hungry.

Most mainstream medical people feel that being in a state of ketosis, which happens in the absence of carbs, is unhealthy. That is debatable.

However, what is not debatable is that it’s not healthy to have high blood sugar, no matter what the reason. If your fasting blood sugar is consistently above 125, then you really do need to change something.