Natural Cures For Diabetes – How to Cure Diabetes Naturally

A good diet is the key to good health. While in some cases diabetes is caused due to genetic factors or other triggers, more often than not it is diets rich in sugar that lead to blood sugar problems later in life. Every diet has the scope to be tweaked a little bit so that you can ward off the danger of diabetes. If you are overweight, have high blood pressure, low HDL, and eat a lot of processed foods, you fall in the high-risk category.

Everyone ought to slowly wean themselves off highly processed junk food and shift to leaner, more natural alternatives. You can also use the three natural cures for diabetes tips which are listed below:

Diabetes and magnesium

In a study done in England on 11,000 women in the high-risk category, it was shown that those with a high magnesium intake were 27 per cent less susceptible to diabetes. According to research, magnesium is known to lower blood pressure, relax the heart muscles, and controls homocysteine, which is a known trigger for heart disease and diabetes. Magnesium also catalyzes the enzyme system in the body to convert nutrients into energy. Magnesium also relaxes the muscles and reduces muscle spasms.

Dark green leafy vegetables, nuts, avocados and whole grain are excellent sources of magnesium.

Diabetes and Cinnamon

Research has shown that using cinnamon in your diet on a regular basis helps reduce blood glucose levels by 18-29%. In addition, it also reduces other diabetes risk factors like triglyceride (which shows a 30% decline) and LDL cholesterol (a 25% decrease).

Cinnamon contains an extract called Cinnulin PF. This extract works at the cellular level and increases the sensitivity of insulin cell receptors by three times. Poor response of insulin cell receptors is often a major problem in diabetics, which makes cinnamon an important diabetes inhibitor. TI is advisable to consume about 500mg of cinnamon extract, twice a day.

Glucotor 2-a Diabetics’ Formulation

Glucotor 2 is a completely natural formula prepared with the specific needs of diabetics in mind. It contains prickly pear cactus, fenugreek, cinnulin PF, bitter melon and gymnema sylvestre, all of which are very beneficial in diabetes control. Glucotor 2 which follows its very successful predecessor Glucotol 1, has been rendered even more powerful by the addition of cinnulin PF cinnamon extracts. Glucotol 1 has a very illustrious history in battling high blood sugar, with a number of true life testimonies to its credit. Glucotor 2 only improves on it, as it adds Cinnulin PF and magnesium, both of which are effective in controlling diabetes. Both these components have been proved efficacious not just for blood sugar control, but also in preventing heart disease.

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Beat Sugar Cravings for Good

Last week I talked about cereals and how much of a problem they can cause with health. I feel this is down to the high processing and high sugar content of the cereal. Today a topic a lot of people suffer with is cravings and cravings for sugar in particular(how often do we crave a bag of spinach!!). We all get the urge for something sweet, it’s normal, it is 2012 after all! But is there a reason why you may be craving sugar excessively?

To be the best Personal Trainer or Health Care Practitioner requires a lot of things including many hours of learning. We have over the past 2-3 years especially put a huge effort into learning from the very best in the business, by getting certified by them, doing internships, attending seminars from the creme de la creme in world health and fitness, people like Charles Poliquin, Dr Eric Serrano, Dr John Berardi and Phil Richards amongst others. We now have the answers to deal with many health problems which include today’s topic – sugar cravings. A lot of the information is only available to a small number of the elite health and fitness professionals throughout the world and will not always be on a google search.

I find most people who have sugar cravings have three major reasons why they do so:

1. High stress levels are a major problem in Ireland with the number of people out of work at present. If you cannot cope well with the stress of day to day life and your cortisol(the stress hormone) is always high you will opt for comfort foods over health foods – this will lead to you storing fat around your mid section in particular. I aim to talk more on this subject in future blogs and if you would like me to then please comment below.

2. Poor sleeping patterns can wreak havoc on your body. I could talk all day about the benefits of sleep and how important it is for health. You dont feel like having a head of brocoli after a night of uninterrupted or inadequate sleep do you? Its common, and this ties in with point 1 we reach for poor foods during times of stress(bad sleep causes stress). Managing your sleeping problems can be difficult but there are many relaxation techniques, herbal teas and natural supplements that can help you achieve proper sleeping patterns.

3. They overly restrict calories by cutting out nearly all carbs without replacing them and dont understand or have not been told the science of how to deal with such a diet and what nutrients are needed. If you take something away from someone you need to give something back. Following this type of eating pattern can be extremely dangerous if you do not understand the nutrients your body needs to function optimally or when is the best time to eat carbohydrates which when eaten at the right times can be highly beneficial. The problem is the drastic reduction in calories which is not being replaced sends the body into starvation mode. People who follow this type of eating pattern will lose weight initially but most if not all will binge on high sugar foods at some stage and “fall of the wagon completly” and generally stop training for long periods of time. Educating clients as a Personal Trainer is essential and I feel a lot of people are being mis lead by the internet now with a lot of fad diets promising this and that.

This is just 3 of the common problems which I have dealt with in the past that i have found to affect sugar cravings – there are many more causes of sugar cravings but I’m sure if you suffer from them if you address the above 3 your cravings will be much less if not gone. There are a number of other tips and tricks we have picked up from various health professionals. I will list 5 below

1. Get to bed before 11 pm and aim for 8 hours sleep each night

2. Increase Fibre, Veg(Green especially) and Protein intake

3. When a carb craving strikes mix 2-10 grams of glutamine with 10 ounces of organic/heavy cream. This we picked up from Charles Poliquin and has worked well for many clients.

4. Eat or drink something bitter!

5. Take a high quality Fish Oil and Magnesium supplement

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The Role of Alpha Lipoic Acid in Diabetic Neuropathy

According to Mayo clinic pain research has led to discoveries that alpha lipoic acid may work in relieving painful symptoms. Much can be done to alleviate the symptoms of diabetic neuropathy and prevent further damage.

What is Alpha Lipoic Acid?

It’s a naturally occurring fatty acid in our bodies. It’s also known as lipoic acid, thioctic acid or abbreviated as ALA but shouldn’t be confused with alpha linolenic acid.

Alpha lipoic acid is found in most foods especially in animal internal organs such as the kidney, liver and heart. It can also be sourced from plants such as spinach, broccoli, peas, Brussels sprout, rice bran and yeast extract. Because it is covalently bound, the naturally occurring type is not available so that extracting it from natural sources yields poor results. As such, supplements in the market are chemically synthesized.

The chemical structure of alpha lipoic acid shows 2 thiol or sulfur groups. When reduced the result is called dihydrolipoic acid and when in an oxidized form alpha lipoic acid. It has an asymmetric carbon and can result in two isomers that are “mirror images of each other,” the R-LA and S-LA. The R-isomer is produced in the body and bound to protein. Supplements may contain both L and R forms.

Functions of Alpha Lipoic Acid in the Body

It is a fatty acid and as such it is used by the body to produce energy for the body’s functions. It converts glucose into energy.

It is one potent antioxidant. This characteristic is significant in neuropathy. If compared to most antioxidants, it’s both water and fat soluble. Being so, it easily penetrates nerve cells and protects the integrity of nerve cells from oxidative damage. It scavengers for radicals and protects the integrity of the nerve cells. Another one of its significant function is its ability to renew vitamin C and glutathione when these antioxidants are in low supply. Glutathione is another essential antioxidant that eliminates harmful toxins. They cooperate together to protect the harmful effects of free radicals and protect the integrity of cells from oxidative damage.

Research on Alpha Lipoic Acid and Neuropathy

Preliminary studies suggest that it may help in diabetic neuropathy. In one of the largest studies, 181 people took 600 mg, 1200 mg or 1800 mg of alpha lipoic acid or a placebo. After 5 weeks, those who consumed the supplement have shown improved symptoms. A 600 mg daily dose was best tolerated which also provided the best benefits.

Research conducted by the Linus Pauling Institute has shown the following evidence regarding the role of alpha lipoic acid in diabetes and in diabetic neuropathy:

· improves glucose utilization in type 2 Diabetes mellitus by enhancing insulin sensitivity. The result of three different research studies as reported by the institute suggested that the maximum effective dose is 600 mg /day. The R-isomer of ALA may be more effective in improving insulin sensitivity than the L-isomer.

· by some mechanism it increases glucose uptake in fat and muscle cells

· improves the function and conduction of neurons in diabetes

· A neuropathic complication characterized by reduced heart rate variability was “significantly improved” by treatment of 800 mg daily of the racemic form.

· Beneficial effects are related mostly to its antioxidant properties. As an antioxidant, alpha lipoic acid scavenges reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that can cause damage to DNA, proteins and lipids in cell membranes. An antioxidant such as Vitamin C, glutathione and Coenzyme Q10 can be oxidized when scavenging harmful free radicals. It is a potent reducing agent capable of renewing the potency and ability of Vitamin C, glutathione plus Coenzyme Q10. Moreover, it increases glutathione synthesis. Alpha lipoic acid and dihydrolipoic acid also inhibit copper and iron mediated oxidative damage. It prevents excess iron and copper accumulation in the body and is a good treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

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