Comments on: Besides insulin what are some natural ways to lower blood sugar?

By: Devastated

Devastated — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

Drink a tablespoon of virgin coconut oil twice a day.
That will dramatically reduce your blood sugar. I can give you a dozen reason, but you’d better google it and find out yourself.

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By: alana

alana — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

cinammon. Trust me. My dad had high blood sugar and it works. You mix cinammon with plain yogurt and eat it like that.

By: Tigger

Tigger — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

Does your doctor know?

Avoid sodas: Either they have sugar, or the artificial sweetener is something that will play havoc with your blood sugar.

Avoid refined sugar (the white stuff on the table).

Remember to eat regularly.

Keep a bag of almonds on hand for when you need to level out your blood sugar quickly.

Good luck!

By: happy_southernlady

happy_southernlady — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

A good lower calorie diet and lots of exercise!

By: sue

sue — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

are you getting in enough movement during the day? are you eating too many "cheat treats"?

But if you have type 2, do realize that this is an ever changing disease! It progresses sometimes despite our best efforts to do the right things!

I have recently added Humalog to my days!! I hate that, but is the way it is unless I want to eat nothing but spinach for a while and run continuously!

You can try the cinnamon, sprinkle lots on foods, or take the capsule found in health stores. Take chromium picolinate, take garlic, take the Q10?? enzyme. All these are supposed to help glucose levels. For some people maybe they do. All we can do is try different things.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

Star exercising. That is the best way. Exercise lowers blood glucose, increases insulin sensitivity, lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, burns fat, and improves circulation. Type 2 diabetes is completely preventable.

By: Alexamber AAA

Alexamber AAA — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

Dry Bitter Gourd, If you can’t find them pre- pack which I have seen, if not, go get the fresh ones, slice it thinly, sun it out ,preferbly the morning sun as the uv is not so strong, and if you are lucky it might be dry in a day or so, if not, take it out and sun it again the next day. keep the rest in a container as you would y r tea leaves. Just make the bitter gourd tea as you would chinese tea. The results are amazing.

By: Fast trapper

Fast trapper — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

Burn off the sugar by plenty of exercises and diet

By: Gothic Queen

Gothic Queen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

exercise, fruit and exercise together, lots of fluids

By: SugarBabie

SugarBabie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:28 +0000

Try the South Beach Diet. Its low carb and this should help you get your blood sugar down.

Also, drink more plain water, it helps your body flush out excess sugar.

Get more exercise. It really does work. Get a small set of dumbbells and when you are watching TV use them. Walk whenever you can, instead of using the car. Do more housework, gardening, anything that gets you moving.

If you enjoy sports, try things like swimming, hiking, walking, cycling. Anything that gives you a slow steady burn of calories will help bring your blood sugar down.

Start slow, 10 minutes at a time, and test frequently. See the guidelines for exercise in the second link below…

HOWEVER – do not, repeat, do not exercise when your blood sugar is over 250 mg/dL, especially in Type 1 diabetics. It can be dangerous if your blood sugar is too high when you start.

Please read the links below to find out more before you start exercising and also get the go ahead from your doctor.

From John’s Hopkins…

— Exercise can also have the opposite effect and raise blood glucose. This usually occurs when blood glucose levels are too high (usually over 250 mg/dL) before exercising, which indicates that insulin activity is too low. In addition, very strenuous exercise can stimulate the liver to release extra glucose into the bloodstream, due to an increase in adrenaline.

http://www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com/reports/diabetes/131-1.html

http://www.manitobafitnesscouncil.ca/get_active/diabetes.html

Cinnamon, and certain other supplements can help, but a low carb diet and more exercise will do more than any thing else, except for insulin itself.