Healthy Herbs For People With Diabetes

If you have Type 2 diabetes, you need to find ways to control it. One way is to use specific herbs with medicinal properties. Always ask your doctor before trying anything new in case it has side effects.

Few of the herbs that might be able to help you:

Blueberry leaves contain various acids that help to reduce blood sugar and triglyceride levels. It can also help treat eye disease, cardiovascular disease and digestive problems. The simplest way to use the leaves is to make a tea by soaking them first in cold water and then boiling them for around 15 minutes. A few cups each day for a few months should help you.

Salt bush is full of chromium and makes it helpful for controlling your tolerance to glucose.

Fenugreek seeds contain amino acids and alkaloids which help with many health issues such as:

• reducing the rate of glucose absorption,
• reducing triglyceride and cholesterol levels,
• increasing your response to insulin,
• slowing the gastric emptying process; they also contain high amounts of fiber.

You can chew the seeds dry, or wet after soaking in water, or make them into a powder depending on your preference. Be wary as they may cause diarrhoea or low blood sugar.

Ginseng boosts your immune system, increases your cells' ability to use sugar, boosts the secretion of insulin from your pancreas, and reduces the rate of carbohydrate absorption. You can take ginseng in a tablet, capsule or tincture form.

Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) helps decrease nerve pain, burning and numbness. It helps your muscles take in more sugar for energy, and it neutralizes different free radicals. If you have too many free radicals, nerve damage kicks in. An average dose is 650-750 Mg's each day to be effective.

 

Curry leaves are popular in Indian and Asian dishes and have a positive effect on your pancreatic beta cells. They help with:

• weight loss,
• stabilizing blood sugar levels, and
• balancing your enzymes.

You can eat them fresh, extract the juice, or mix them with other milder leaves that taste similar.

Bitter Melon helps to suppress your cravings from sweet foods. It lowers blood sugar and removes sugar from your blood so it can enter your cells. It does have a bitter taste but the easiest way to consume it is to make it into a fresh juice, although you can buy tablets.

There are a vast number of herbs you can use to help with your diabetes. Always talk to your doctor before trying any of them. Many people use a few together and that makes their effect much stronger. You won't know how much they will help until you have tried them for a fair amount of time but, if you have a negative reaction stop their use immediately.

Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. It is possible for you to take control of the disease and take back your health. Herbs that show great promise in the treatment of diabetes, may help you.