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Using Herbs to Manage High Blood Sugar
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Sustainable blood sugar control is critical to a diabetic patient’s health over time. Often, as a diabetic patient ages, insulin-reducing medications begin to lose their effectiveness. Treatment with herbs, along with carefully controlled nutrition and daily exercise, can help diabetic patients keep blood sugar levels under control over the long term. (Gymnema Sylvestre, Bitter Melon, Pterocarpus marsupium, High Blood Sugar)
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Diabetes Mellitus: Causes and Symptoms
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Definition and Description of Diabetes Mellitus. Know the conditions that can be a sign of diabetes. Diabetes information with a Discussion of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. (diabetes type II) Risk factors for developing sugar diabetes.
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Alpha-Lipoic Acid- Nature's Perfect Antioxidant
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Alpha-lipoic acid is an approved drug in Germany for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. Although alpha-lipoic acid's primary effect in improving neuropathy is thought to be the result of its antioxidant effects, it has also been shown to lead to an improvement in blood sugar metabolism, improve blood flow to peripheral nerves, and actually stimulate the regeneration of nerve fibers. (diabetes treatment, diabetic nutrition, preventing neuropathy)
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Daily Multivitamin/Mineral Supplement Reduces Infection in Type 2 Diabetes
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Taking a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement reduced infection and absenteeism related to infection, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind trial reported in the Mar. 4 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. (Daily Vitamin, Infection, Type 2 Diabetes)
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Advanced Glycation End Products In Alzheimer's Disease And Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have been implicated in the chronic complications of diabetes mellitus and have been reported to play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. (Diabetes Mellitis, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Senility)
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Benfotiamine - Protection Against Diabetic Complications
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Benfotiamine, a little-known fat-soluble form of vitamin B1, has been shown to help prevent the development and progression of many diabetic complications. Used for decades in Europe as a prescription medication, benfotiamine fights against the progression of diabetic nerve, kidney, and retinal damage, and relieves the painful symptoms of diabetic neuropathy
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Glucosamine & Diabetes - News Update
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Recent Diabetes news reports that oral glucosamine supplementation does not result in clinically significant alterations in glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.(Diabetic Nutrition)
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Herbal Approaches to Diabetes and Hyperglycemia
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Ayurvedic botanicals often succeed where conventional medicine fails. Helping improve indicators associated with hyperglycemia and diabetes is one such area. Three herbals important in this effort are Gymnema sylvestre, Momordica charantia, and Tinospora cordifolia. (Gulvel and Bitter Melon)
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Gymnema Sylvestre
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Gymnema sylvestre, also known as gurmar is another herb from India's Ayurvedic medical traditions that has been used for centuries to neutralize excess sugar. As with many other Ayurvedic herbs, its properties have been confirmed by scientific studies. (Diabetes Nutrition, Insulin-Dependent Diabetes)
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Pediatric Blood (Sugar) Glucose Test
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Concerned that your child's blood glucose levels may not be normal? The most common use of the blood glucose test is to check for diabetes mellitus. The test is also used to see how well the body is metabolizing glucose and the function of organs involved in that process: the pancreas, the liver, and the receptors that bring glucose into cells. (Blood Glucose Testing, Juvenile Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Blood Sugar Level)
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Type 2 Diabetics' Acidity Heightens Risk For Kidney Stones
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Individuals with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) are at increased risk for developing kidney stones in general, and have a particular risk for uric-acid stones. (Diabetic Complications and Type 2 Diabetes)
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High Blood Pressure and Diabetes; A Deadly Duo
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High blood pressure (or hypertension) isn't called "the silent killer" for nothing. Oftentimes people will have it and not even know it until it's too late. For most people with diabetes, keeping blood pressure below 130/80 will help prevent problems.
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"Little-Known" Natural Remedies for Diabetes
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There is extensive research regarding herbs that positively affect blood sugar. Learn about 5 important herbs for diabetic health. (Diabetes management, diabetic product)
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Red Wine Ingredient - Resveratrol - Fights Diabetes In Mice
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Even relatively low doses of resveratrol--a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine--can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a new report. As insulin resistance is often characterized as the most critical factor contributing to the development of type 2 diabetes, the findings "provide a potential new therapeutic approach for preventing or treating" both conditions, the researchers said. (Diabetes Research, Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin Resistance)
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Explaining About Diabetes
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Diabetes - or to give it its full name, diabetes mellitus - is a common condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body is unable to use it properly. This is because the body's method of converting glucose into energy is not working as it should. Learn more about the two main types of diabetes. (Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Symptoms)
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