type ii diabetes treatment

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Q: What is the best herbal treatment for Type II diabetes and neuropathy?

A: It is great to use natural herbs to improve the over all health and well being. And there are many herbs that can help with specific diseases. Diabetes is one of them. Herbs for diabetes are used more and more to complement or sometimes even replace conventional diabetes drugs. Here you will find tips on how to help diabetes without drugs.

For more on diabetes and herbs visit my free website

http://www.reddiabetes.com

Following herbs are effective to treat diabetes, and they also don’t have any harmful side effects:

- Bitter melon (balsam pear)

- Indian Kino also called Malabar Kino, Pitasara or Venga

- Ordinary onion and garlic

- Blueberry leaves

- Ginkgo Biloba

- Cinnamon

Even though every country has some native herbs, most of them originated in china and other Asian countries. One reason is climate – warm and humid it promotes plants growth and it is also a traditional way of living using healing herbs to fight diseases where even modern drugs don’t work. For example a tropical fruit called bitter melon is an effective diabetes herb. If you it fresh or drink its juice it significantly reduces your blood sugar.

Is using diabetes herbal remedies better than conventional diabetes medicine?

Explanation of diabetes herbs popularity is simple; people use herb medicine instead of the traditional drugs because herbs are safe for your health and have minimal side effects. Many people are concerned that herbs don’t cure diseases quickly enough. This is true, herbs work but may take several months to see the effect. Because natural medicinal herbs stimulate your immune system to fight diabetes and that takes time.

Natural medicinal herbs for diabetes are only beneficial if taken regularly and exactly as prescribed. Also remember to finish the course even after you started to feel better. Otherwise you will not gain the full benefit of herbal treatment.

Diabetics whom modern medicine didn’t work prefer healing the natural way using medicinal herbs. The beauty of herbs is that they don’t cause more health problems than they cure, but you still need to administer the right ingredients. It is also greatly important to take the correct among of your diabetes herbs and to do so with right intervals. To know exactly what remedies are best for you, you need to get a professional medical opinion, to whether or not you should use a particular herbal diabetes treatment.

Talk to your doctor, don’t self medicate

Many people have the tendency to self-medicate, because herbal remedies usually can’t do you any harm. However, remember that herbs won’t work if you chose the wrong herb, quantity or treatment.

Finding best diabetes herbs

Visit a clinic that specializes on alternative medicine, to get qualified advice on herbs for diabetes. The doctor will get all the necessary information to find the right herbal treatment for you. Than you will get your prescription for an herbal diabetes treatment.

There are very many diabetes medicinal herbs. It would be very smart to find as much as possible information about different types of medicinal herbs.

Q: Cure for Diabetes Type II drinking green juices?
I am told that drinking juices of green leafy vegetables for 30 days can actually cure type II diabetes. Has anyone tried and proved this treatment?
The ‘Queen has Spoken” is NOT answering my question. I really want to know if anyone has tried out this treatment or not.

A: One all natural thing you can do to control your sugar is take Cinnamon supplements. You need to make sure that it’s NOT Cassia Cinnamon, but Ceylon Cinnamon (true Cinnamon). It is a little harder to find in the United States than Cassia Cinnamon is, but well worth it if you can find some. NOW vitamins puts out an an authentic Ceylon Cinnamon supplement. You will be amazed at something so natural and good for you will control your sugar. Many people with Type II Diabetes and blood sugar problems swear by it.

I’ve read that Neem supplements are also highly effective.

Q: Are there any holistic treatments for type II diabetes?

A: Fortunately, most adult-onset, Type 2 diabetics can control the disease through a combination of weight loss, a diet high in fiber and complex carbohydrates, nutritional supplements, and adequate exercise. People who are at risk of diabetes because of family history or borderline elevated blood sugar can reduce the risk of getting the disease by following the same regimen.

1. A diet that is 60 percent fiber and complex carbohydrates, which will reduce the need for insulin and lower the fat levels of the blood. Whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes are all appropriate complex carbohydrates. Avoid processed sugars, including those in cookies, candies, cakes, ice cream, sodas, diet sodas, honey, dried fruit, chocolate, and desserts. Keep fats down to 20 percent of your total calorie intake, and avoid high-fat foods such as butter, red meats, and other foods high in cholesterol. Monounsaturated vegetable fats, which include olive oil, are the best for diabetics, since they promote a healthy circulatory system. The remaining 20 percent of your diet should consist of protein such as fish or poultry.

2.Take your time over your meals. Don’t gulp down your food, and eat three meals a day rather than one large one, to avoid a sudden surge of blood sugar. A snack of an apple or other fruit in midmorning or afternoon can also help to keep blood sugar stable. Apples and many other fresh fruits are also high in pectin fiber, which reduces blood sugar in diabetics. The more fresh salads you eat, the better, because these raw foods reduce sugar levels, perhaps because they take longer to digest.

3.Take either.’ Guar fiber, 2 teaspoons a day with a large glass of water, before meals; or psyllium fiber, ( 3.4 g sugarless Metamucil,) twice a day in a glass of water, before meals. Fiber supplements, which have been shown to reduce blood sugar elevations and insulin requirements.

4.Make a serious effort to control stress.

5.Avoid fatigue, emotional upsets, and use of tobacco.

6.Take the following supplements -
Chromium: 100 mcg of trivalent chromium, 3/day.

Magnesium: 400 mg, / day.

Vitamin C: 500 mg, 2/day.

Vitamin E: 400 IU/day.

Zinc 50 mg /day.

B6 (pyrldoxine): 100 mg /day.

B12: 1,000 mcg in tablet form dissolved under the tongue.

Some very recent research has suggested that cow’s milk can be a possible trigger, putting susceptible people at greater risk of diabetes. While this certainly isn’t a basis to eliminate cow’s milk from a diabetic’s diet, it is an argument not to use cow’s-milk products early in life, especially if there is a family history of diabetes.

Q: Treatments for type II diabetes?
One of them is reducing glycemic load. What does it mean by reducing it and why would you want this to happen?

Some other treatments are:
-increase insulin secretion
-increase sensitivity to insulin
-enhance glucose metabolism in cells
-etc….

A: Type II Diabetes is also known as NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES (NIDDM). This means that you don’t need insulin injections to stabilize your blood glucose levels. But, you need to take in some drugs in order to stabilize blood glucose levels. In type II DM, the person has either a problem on the secretion of insulin, either too little secretion or too much, or poor metabolism of glucose in cells leading to buid up of glucose, while in type I DM, the body does not produce any insulin thats why you need insulin injections. Insulin is produce by the beta cells of the pancreas, specifically at the islets of langerhans. It is important to stabilize or lower the blood glucose levels. Without or too little insulin, can cause a build up of glucose leading to high blood sugar levels. With high blood sugar levels, lots of complications will come in leading to retinopathy and eventually diabetic coma and death. The goal of therapy or treatment in Type II diabetes is: (1) reduce the glycemic load (as you stated above) or simply to reduce blood glucose levels. YOu can do these by taking drugs that would increase insulin production to lower the glucose levels, because as i have said, insulin lowers the blood glucose or blood sugar levels. (2) enhance glucose metabolism in cells so that glucose will be used up by the body instead of being stucked up in cells. You need insulin for glucose metabolism. (3) increase sensitivity to insulin so that the cells will immediately make use of the available insulin to metabolize glucose.
If you’re asking for complications of DM, either I or II, among these are heart attack, retinopathy, delayed wound healing leading to gangrene and eventually amputation, and then death. Heart attack in the sense that if you have prolonged high blood sugar, the blood will be very viscous/ thick. Blood flow or circulation is not good and is compromised due to build up of glucose deposits along the blood vessels thus narrowing the space of blood flow. With narrowed space, blood flow to vital organs especially to the brain and the heart is decreased or compromised. Decreased cardiac oxygenation (decrease blood flow since blood carries oxygen) will lead to ischemia and leading to infarction or heart attack. REtinopathy in the sense that there will be glucose deposits in the eyes particularly the retina leading to blurring of vision and possible detachment of the retina due to pressure within the retine from the build up of glucose on blood vessels of the eyes. Amputation due to gangrene from delayed wound healing. Lastly, death. That’s why if you have diabetes, you have to be very careful and always monitor blood sugar levels and always consult your doctor.

Q: Type II Diabetes?
Type II Diabetes?what should be the treatment.FPG is more than 150 and RPG is more than 300?kindly help

A: I am going to guess that you may not have consulted a dietitian about diet control of your condition. A piece of bread lets say economy store brand is actually about 1.5 carbs. The carb count could be even high for enriched white bread which converts to glucose quickly and comes with what I call empty calories. Not very satisfying.

Remember that a SMALL piece of bread to about 5 grams of carbs. For counting purposed 5 grams equals 1 carb. If you diet should be 5 to 8 carbs count PER MEAL . . . you figure it out. But, then you get to balance carb count against calorie intake as well. This is figured out between your doctor, a dietitian and you.

Generally, you eat smaller main meals with snacks in between. The goal is to reach a minimum LEVEL of glucose in your blood and to avoid peaks and valleys.

I love bread, but I have found that some “natural” breads, grain bread, take longer for the body to process. This a good thing since a slower release of glucose. A side benefit is the “natural” breads are more satisfying.

For me a snack of trail mix works very well. But, I limit myself to some where between a 1/8 to 1/4 cup. I give the MMs to my kids.

So eat healthier and less convenient foods. Down side it costs more, up side I live healthier and longer.

You need to find an exercise you can do that will elevate you heart rate for 10-15 minutes to begin with. You long goal is for 30 minutes. Walking quickly, dumb bells, taking stairs rather than the elevator are all good.

If you are not active then you body has to find some way to store glucose rather than burn off some. Glucose attaches it self to blood cells. Too much attachment then the blood cells are restricted from doing their real job, feeding the body and keep major organs functioning right.

So be creative and learn discipline to take care of yourself. You reward is a longer healthier life. YOU have to do this no one can do it for you.

Best Wishes.

Q: Confused about type II diabetes?
I had read, that diabetes is the inability of cells to use sugar as energy, reason for high sugar in the blood. So regardless of treatment, a person with diabetes would alway’s have low energy levels, if cells cannot use sugar properly. Hope I’m making sense.

Diabetic meds are used to reduce the glucose in the body, but not increase energy.

So, how does a diabetic keep thier energy up !! If cells do not properly use glucose ??

Glucose is important carbohydrate, cells use it as source of energy, but carbs are bad for diabetics. Nearly everything a human being eats contains sugar.

Lots of products say sugar free, but there not.

Can someone explain the fundamentals of diabetes.
Thanks

A: Most of the meds for diabetes increase the cells ability to use sugars so yes, if we keep our glucose in good levels we have lots of energy, at least I do.

ALL plant derived foods have sugars in them, yes! but not all are equal. Dark green leafy, tomatoes, peppers, and a few others are very low grams of carbohydrate.

Yes, when they say a product is “sugar free” it only means they haven’t added the regular sugars to this product, but have at the same time loaded it with trans fats and sodium to make it taste better. Usually has the same or more grams of carbohydrate in it.

for more information about diabetes go here:

http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes

lovely site, very complete, up to date, easy to navigate but huge!

Q: Diabetes treatment by Pancreas Transplant?
Ok, I don’t have diabetes, but I do like the sweets, so I’m a little worried about type II later in life. Cutting back on those. However, I think I remember hearing that type II is caused by your pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin. So, could you treat type II diabetes by doing a pancreatic transplant?
I am not overweight. I’m within the acceptable normal range for my height and age. I’m just worried about getting diabetes from all the sugar I eat. Isn’t that bad?

A: Ok, heres the deal. Diabetes is a disease characterized by the absence of insulin or the resistance to it. This idea may work, depending on what type of diabetes one has. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease and you have to be genitically predispositioned. In type one diabetes, the cells that produce insulin in the pancreas have been destroyed by the body, so insulin is absent. Here, a pancreas transplant could be performed, but there is no evidence for this procedure, so we dont know if the body would just destroy the insulin producing cells again. In type 2 diabetes, there is a peripheral resistance to insulin. This means, that the body is producing insulin, but it doesn’t respond properly. Here, a pancreas transplant would be absolutely no good, because the pancreas could be working fine, but the problem is how the body responds to the insulin produced.

Q: Tell me more about liver and lung tumors, how many types of cancer, treatment options?
My mom just found out that she has type II diabetes, 5 or 6 tumors in her liver and 5 or 6 tumors in her lungs. They did a liver biopsy on Fri. and they’re doing a MRI on Monday of her brain and a bone scan and mamogram also. They also want to check her colon. Is this serious? She had cervical cancer about 18 years ago and had surgery to remove it. How many types of cancer and what are the treatment options for her condition. Thank you.

A: What they have found with your Mom is definitely serious, which is why they want to do all of the tests you mention.

There seem to be new cancers discovered every year, so there is no simple answer as to how many cancers there are. The treatments are surgery, radiation with x-rays, and chemo-therapy. There are also alternative medicine approaches which occasionally work for cases that are not advanced.

Q: $50,000 reward to whoever comes up for a cure for diabetes type II?
must provide proof of cure before the end of 2007, cure !, not treatment

A: I have the cure cause I had type 2 diabetes. Was on meds for it. I lost weight and they checked my A1C and perfect. So more signs of type 2. So the cure…lose weight.

Q: What remedies are there to relieve foot neuropathy caused by diabetes?
My mom has Type II diabetes and is suffering from neuropathy in her feet. I have read on websites that there is treatment but was curious if any of you out there who have this have any remedies for relief…like home remedies or know of any kind of over the counter cream that helps? She also has the burning and tingling sensation at times that keep her up at night. Diabetic community….PLEASE HELP!!! Any suggestions?

A: I found this article that I think will answer your question.

Q: What branch of medicine focuses on ties between infectious disease (ecoli) and inherited ones? (diabetes)?
Have you ever seen the movie, The Princess Bride? In it, the Hero, Wesley outsmarts Vasilli by spending years acclimating his body to trace amounts of a deadly poison. When Vassilli drugs his drink with the poison he is not killed because he has built up a resistance. Both Ecoli and Diabetes attack the kidneys. are there treatments that are not working for Ecoli that might work in trace amounts over a longer period of time to prevent onset of Type II diabetes.?

A: Hi
This is a great website for diabetics. You can post your Question there too

http://www.diabetesforums.com/

Q: Is there any treatment for the esophageal varices?
I am 460 lbs. I have Type II non-insulin dependant Diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypersplenia.

I was scheduled for Gastric Bypass surgery on April 5th, 2007 but they aborted the operation due to the esophageal varices. The GI specialist that my bariatric surgeon sent me to says there in NO TREATMENT. Yet my surgeon will not allow a second opinion. Please leave any advice you have.

A: The treatment for esophageal varices is directed immediately to control the bleeding, and then long-term medical therapy. Immediate control of bleeding is usually performed by endoscopic means. In fact, bleeding can be initially controlled in approximately 90 percent of cases. However, the failure rate for endoscopic therapy is between 10 and 30 percent. Thus, longer term therapy is required in order to prevent a patient from bleeding.

Variceal hemorrhage stops spontaneously in approximately 62 to 70 percent cases. However, recurrent bleeding occurs in 40 percent of patients within the next 72 hours. In fact, 60 percent of patients will rebleed within seven days of their initial bleeding. Although this type of bleeding will stop, it is the high rebleeding rate and the complications from acute hemorrhage which make control of bleeding mandatory in both the initial period of the variceal bleed and the chronic state after the patient has been stabilized.

Variants of esophageal varices are gastric varices. Gastric varices are dilated blood vessels that are found predominantly in the stomach. The true incidence of gastric varices is unknown. However, investigators have reported a wide incidence ranging between 20 and 70 percent in patients with esophageal varices. When gastric varices are identified without coexisting esophageal varices, a splenic vein thrombosis may be present.

Another variant of portal hypertension is portal hypertensive gastropathy. It is present in 50 percent of patients with portal hypertension. These patients have dilated arterioles and venules (small veins). This abnormality is seen usually in the fundus and cardia of the stomach (approximately 2/3 of the stomach). It is rarely seen in the antrum (last 1/3) of the stomach. It appears to have a “snake skin ” or “reticulated” appearance.

Long-term treatment of portal gastropathy and gastric varices is with beta-blockers. They usually take the form of propranolol, a nonselective beta-blocker. These medications allow the pressure within the veins to be decreased, thus reducing the chance that bleeding will occur. Increased incidence of portal hypertensive gastropathy is noted in patients who undergo sclerotherapy for esophageal varices in the past.

Other treatments for upper GI bleeding associated with esophageal varices include vasopressin, vasopressin with nitroglycerin, somatostatin, balloon tamponade, TPSS (transhepatic portosystemic shunt), transhepatic catheter embolization, shunt surgery, gastric stapling and sclerotherapy with or without any.

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Q: Can dialysis cause dehydration?
I am a nursing student writing a care plan on a patient who was admitted to the hospital for dehydration. Earlier that day he received dialysis treatment. He also has hypertension, type II diabetes, and chronic renal failure. What do you think caused his dehydration?

A: If too much fluid is removed during dialysis it may cause dehydration.

Q: Diabetes I don’t really think so!?
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune process that often starts in early childhood and involves the almost complete destruction of the beta cells over time. Eventually, little or no insulin (and C-peptide) is produced, leading to a complete dependence on exogenous insulin.

In type 2 diabetes, there is insulin resistance and a compensatory increase in insulin production and release that can also lead to beta cell damage. Type 2 diabetics usually are treated with oral drugs to stimulate their body to make more insulin and/or to cause their cells to be more sensitive to the insulin that is already being made. Eventually, because of the beta cell damage, type 2 diabetics may make very little insulin and require injections. Any insulin that the body does make will be reflected in their C-peptide level; therefore, the C-peptide test can be used to monitor beta cell activity and capability over time and to help your doctor determine when to begin insulin treatment.

Now that I have that out of the way,

I am not urinating often any more, I am not drinking whole rivers dry like I used to anymore.

My C PEPTIDE read 1.83 ng/dl

Gad 65 negative <1.00

Based on the above information, C PEPTIDE is not elevated considering elevated to high is around 4.00 and above.

It isn’t low either here is a list of what normal looks like for an adult.

Adults 8:00 a.m. fasting: 0.4 to 2.1 ng/ml

Two hours postprandial (after a meal): 1.2 to 3.4 ng/ml

Two hours post glucose load: 2.0 to 4.5 ng/ml

Mine was fasting.

So I will ask this again.

Based on the fact that I am GAD NEGATIVE

Based on my positively normal C PEPTIDE RESULTS

Can it be said that I am not even Diabetic at all and that maybe there is an underlying problem that mimics diabetes?

By the way, can someone tell me how to respond to answers that are given to me?

I am supposedly type I btw but I doubt I am at all. Type II…maybe. *long shot*

A: There is a type of hypoglycemia that can mimic diabetes. I will try and look for it, and then send it here.

http://dietblurbs.com/two-types-of-non-diabetic-hypoglycemia-their-symptoms-and-diet/
http://pages.prodigy.net/unohu/hypog.htm

http://www.freemd.com/hypoglycemia/types.htm

I hope that this helps you:)

Q: Homework help please!?
Discuss how the pancreatic endocrine hormones glucagon and insulin work antagonistically to maintain homeostasis in the body, during times of feast and times of famine. What are some of the differences in Type I and Type II diabetes in terms of risk factors, role of insulin, and treatment options?

A: I will not do your essay for you

Learn the material its easy enough because all you need to do is regurgitate

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