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Herbal Remedies for DiabetesHerbal Remedies for Diabetes What is Diabetes Insulin and Diabetes Understanding natural and herbal treatments for diabetes requires you first have an understanding about how insulin works in your body. Insulin is secreted by a primary organ in your body known as the Pancreas. When you eat food, carbohydrates enter into the body's blood stream. The pancreas then releases insulin in response to the detected level of glucose, or sugar in the blood. Eating too much sugar and starch will cause extra insulin to be released very quickly. The extra insulin reduces the blood sugar levels very quickly, and this is what creates the feelings of hunger again. The most common response is to actually have sugar cravings, because there is excess insulin in your system and it needs the sugar to work on. As you can probably gather, this process creates a high and low swing cycle with sugar levels in your body. You eat large amounts of sugar which spikes your blood sugar, so your body takes immediate action to neutralize and utilize that sugar. This serves to drop your blood sugar levels quite low very quickly. When your blood sugar is low, the body screams at you that it needs food, and naturally the quickest way to raise your blood sugar is to eat more sugar. By doing this for many years unfortunately, you can actually wear out your pancreas, and this causes it to stop producing insulin completely, or be unable to produce enough to supply the demand. This is when full fledged Diabetes occurs. Treating Diabetes By allowing your pancreas to become healthy again, you can then potentially solve the majority of the Diabetes problems. Again, this will take time. And if you currently take insulin shots or pills, you will need to work closely with your doctor or primary care provider during this healing process because your medications may need to be adjusted as your health improves. Natural and Alternative Methods to Treating Diabetes The first way to start dealing with Diabetes problems is to change how you eat. If you haven't done so already, you should eliminate simple carbohydrates and sugars from your diet. A low to moderate carbohydrate diet works quite well in regulating blood sugar levels, and many people have actually been able to completely go off insulin injections just by taking this one simple step. Herbal Remedies for Diabetes The next natural step you may want to consider is using several herbs designed to help heal and strengthen the pancreas. One combination that works very well includes Goldenseal, Juniper Berries, Uva Ursi, Huckleberry Leaves, Mullein, Comfrey, Yarrow, Garlic, Capsicum, Dandelion, Marshmallow, Buchu, Bistort, and Licorice. Now you can just take one of each of these every day, but it will be easier if you find a local herbalist to mix a combination formula for you instead. If you are borderline diabetic, or you want to experiment slowly with natural remedies for the problem, begin by taking Goldenseal by itself. This is a natural source of insulin, and should not be taken by hypo-glycemics. Again, diabetics should talk to their doctors about this if they are taking prescribed insulin, because the combination can be dangerous. Return to Alternative Treatments and Natural Solutions for a range of disorders.
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