NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES
BY DR KEITH SCOTT
DIABETES (INCLUDING ITS PRECURSOR, METABOLIC SYNDROME) IS ONE OF THE TOP
FIVE MOST SIGNIFICANT DISEASES IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD AND IS RAPIDLY
BECOMING A
BURDEN IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD TOO. HOWEVER CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH HAS FOUND
THAT SEVERAL SPICES INCLUDING _CINNAMON_
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(HTTP://WWW.HERBALREMEDIESINFO.COM/CINNAMON.HTML) ) , _GARLIC_
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_FENUGREEK_
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CAPER HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE EFFECTIVE _NATURAL TREATMENTS_
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DIABETES.
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES, IT IS HELPFUL TO CONSIDER
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT UNDERLYING DEFECTS IN THIS _DISEASE_
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THAT OF INSULIN
RESISTANCE. BEFORE A CELL WILL ALLOW GLUCOSE THROUGH ITS PROTECTIVE
_MEMBRANE_
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ITS INSULIN RECEPTOR MUST BE "TURNED ON" BY INSULIN OR A CHEMICAL MIMIC.
_INSULIN RESISTANCE_
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OCCURS WHEN THE RECEPTOR DEVELOPS A WEAKENED RESPONSE TO
INSULIN RESULTING IN THE CELL'S FAILURE TO ABSORB SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OF
GLUCOSE
FROM THE BLOOD. THIS PROCESS CULMINATES IN ENERGY DEPRIVATION IN THE CELLS
AND RAISED BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS.
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF A POOR INSULIN RECEPTOR RESPONSE IS THE CHRONIC
OVER-PRODUCTION OF INSULIN. NOT ONLY DOES TOO MUCH INSULIN LEAD TO RECEPTOR
FAILURE,
BUT WIDE FLUCTUATIONS IN INSULIN LEVELS ARE ALSO KNOWN TO BE AN IMPORTANT
CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION. THESE OSCILLATING LEVELS ARE, IN TURN, CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED WITH A DIET HIGH IN REFINED CARBOHYDRATE FOODS.
EXTREME CHANGES OF INSULIN LEVELS AND ASSOCIATED INSULIN RESISTANCE ARE
ABNORMALITIES COMMON TO BOTH DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ARE
TYPICALLY
THE RESULT OF A DIET DOMINATED BY HIGH GLYCEMIC INDEX FOODS. THE RAPID
ABSORPTION OF HIGH GI FOODS RESULTS IN ABNORMALLY HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS.
IN ORDER
TO STIMULATE THE CELLS TO ABSORB THIS SUDDEN GLUCOSE LOAD, THE PANCREAS
RESPONDS BY RELEASING LARGER THAN NORMAL QUANTITIES OF INSULIN.
THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF INSULIN PRODUCED TO ACHIEVE THIS EFFECT RESULTS IN A
SUDDEN FALL IN BLOOD GLUCOSE, AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS LEVEL
BECOMES VERY LOW. THE SUBSEQUENT INTAKE OF MORE HIGH GI FOODS CAUSES THE
BLOOD
GLUCOSE TO RISE DRAMATICALLY ONCE MORE, PERPETUATING THE CYCLE OF WILDLY
FLUCTUATING GLUCOSE AND INSULIN LEVELS. IF THIS STEADY BOMBARDMENT OF THE
RECEPTORS
BY LARGE AMOUNTS OF INSULIN CONTINUES OVER A LONG PERIOD, IT EVENTUALLY
LEADS
TO THEIR INSENSITIVITY AND MALFUNCTION AND, FINALLY, INSULIN RESISTANCE.
ONE OF THE BEST NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES IS A GOOD DIET AND IT IS THE
MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT INSULIN RESISTANCE. THE CONSUMPTION OF
PREDOMINANTLY LOW GI FOODS MEANS THAT INSULIN IS RELEASED SLOWLY. AS A
RESULT,
GLUCOSE IS ABSORBED BY CELLS IN A CONTROLLED MANNER AND BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
DO
NOT RISE AND FALL SO RAPIDLY. THIS PREVENTS THE HARMFUL GLUCOSE €“ AND THUS
INSULIN €“ PEAKS AND TROUGHS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPEATED INGESTION
OF
LARGE QUANTITIES OF HIGH GI FOODS.
REDUCING THE PROPORTION OF HIGH GI FOODS IN THE DIET HAS ANOTHER, INDIRECT
BENEFIT IN TERMS OF PREVENTING INSULIN RESISTANCE. SUCH FOODS ARE TYPICALLY
FATTENING AND REDUCING THEIR INTAKE CAN LEAD TO WEIGHT LOSS. OBESITY, AND
PARTICULARLY "CENTRAL OBESITY", IS ANOTHER OTHER IMPORTANT CAUSE OF INSULIN
RESISTANCE AND TACKLING IT IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
DIABETES AND
OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES.
OTHER INVALUABLE DIETARY TOOLS FOR PREVENTING AND MANAGING INSULIN
RESISTANCE AND DIABETES ARE THE SPICES. THESE FOODS COUNTER THE DISEASE
PROCESSES IN
SEVERAL WAYS AND CAN BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER
INDIVIDUALS ARE MAKING DIETARY OR OTHER LIFESTYLE CHANGES.
_CINNAMON_ (_HTTP://WWW.HERBALREHTTP://WWW.HTTP://WWW.HEHTTP_
(HTTP://WWW.HERBALREMEDIESINFO.COM/CINNAMON.HTML) ) , FOR EXAMPLE,
IS A POTENT INDUCER OF INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND THE ADDITION OF AS LITTLE AS
ONE GRAM A DAY TO THE DIET CAN REDUCE THE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS OF DIABETICS
BY
A STAGGERING 30 PERCENT. IT DOES THIS BY ENHANCING THE ENZYMES THAT INCREASE
INSULIN RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY AND INHIBITING THOSE ENZYMES WITH THE OPPOSITE
ACTION.
_CINNAMON_ (_HTTP://WWW.HERBALREHTTP://WWW.HTTP://WWW.HEHTTP_
(HTTP://WWW.HERBALREMEDIESINFO.COM/CINNAMON.HTML) ) HAS THE ADDED
BENEFIT OF LOWERING THE ABNORMAL LIPID LEVELS COMMONLY FOUND IN DIABETICS
AND
REDUCING OXIDATIVE STRESS CAUSED BY LIPID OXIDATION IN THESE PATIENTS.
CINNAMON IS NOW AVAILABLE AS A POWDER OR AN EXTRACT AS A TREATMENT FOR
DIABETES.
_FENUGREEK_
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IS ALSO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AT MODULATING GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND CAN LOWER THE
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS OF DIABETICS BY UP TO 45 PERCENT. THIS SPICE BOTH
INCREASES INSULIN RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY AND NORMALIZES THE IMBALANCED BLOOD
LIPID
LEVELS OF DIABETICS. THE FIBER CONTAINED IN FENUGREEK ALSO LOWERS THE GI OF
A
MEAL, THUS MODULATING THE POST-PRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS BY SLOWING THE
ABSORPTION OF HIGH GI FOODS.
_GINGER_ (_HTTP://WWW.HERBALREHTTP://WWW.HTTP://WWW.HTTP_
(HTTP://WWW.HERBALREMEDIESINFO.COM/GINGER.HTML) ) AND CAPER INCREASE
SENSITIVITY TO INSULIN, AND CAPER MIMICS THE EFFECTS OF INSULIN. _GARLIC_
(_HTTP://WWW.HERBALREHTTP://WWW.HTTP://WWW.HTTP_
(HTTP://WWW.HERBALREMEDIESINFO.COM/GARLIC.HTML) ) AND CORIANDER ARE ALSO INSULIN
MIMICS, WHILE CORIANDER ENHANCES INSULIN SECRETION.
THESE AND MOST OTHER SPICES CAN, WITH THEIR RICH ARRAY OF ANTIOXIDANTS, HELP
TO PREVENT THE COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES BY REDUCING THE OXIDATION OF FATS.
SEVERAL SPICES, INCLUDING CHILIES, CAN ALSO HELP COMBAT ASSOCIATED
CONDITIONS SUCH AS OBESITY BY INCREASING THE METABOLIC RATE AND THEREFORE
HELPING TO
"BURN OFF" EXCESS CALORIES.
SPICES POSSESS AN AMAZING POTENCY AND RANGE OF WEAPONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
DIABETES. BY HELPING TO PREVENT, DELAY AND EVEN TREAT ONE OF WORST AND MOST
WIDESPREAD CHRONIC DISEASES AFFLICTING THE MODERN WORLD, THEY OFFER USEFUL,
NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES.
DR KEITH SCOTT IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR WITH A SPECIAL INTEREST IN NUTRITION AND
NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES. HE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING THE
GROUND BREAKING, "MEDICINAL SEASONINGS, THE HEALING POWER OF SPICES" AND
"NATURAL HOME PHARMACY". DOWNLOAD A FREE PDF COPY OF "MEDICINAL SEASONINGS"
AND
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