7 Natural Alternatives Medication for Type 2 Diabetes
When you are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you are bombarded with all kinds of new information. Chances are you won't get much of this as you are completely in shock when you hear about this disease. You didn't see that coming.
The first thing you will receive is type 2 diabetes medication. There are different types of diabetes medications. Your diabetes prescription, on the other hand, is likely to contain metformin, which you take orally. You can receive this medicine in the form of tablets if you have diabetes.
Metformin is one of the best drugs for type 2 diabetes and the least dangerous.
But despite the good work of this diabetes medication, you do suffer from side effects. Here are the side effects of metformin :
- Nausea
- Vomit
- Diarrhea
- Stomach ache
- Loss of appetite
So some people can lose weight with this diabetes medication. But the vast majority will actually gain weight. A side effect of diabetes medication is weight gain.
1 Cinnamon
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Spices, we can't get enough of them. And yet it is a pity that most herbs in the kitchen are not used. But there is one herb that fortunately we still eat a lot and which is also very healthy. And I'm talking about cinnamon.
Cinnamon greatly reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes.
For example, cinnamon increases the insulin sensitivity of your cells. In normal Dutch, this means that the body needs to make less insulin to absorb the same amount of glucose.
As a result, your pancreas doesn't have to work as hard after a meal full of carbohydrates and sugar. Cinnamon can therefore prevent type 2 diabetes and also help in curing type 2 diabetes.
Cinnamon also influences various intestinal enzymes, which slows down the breakdown of carbohydrates.
As a result, your blood sugar level rises less quickly
Cinnamon lowers your blood sugar in several ways. Ideal for type 2 diabetes patients.
And then there's one more thing:
Cinnamon contains a substance that behaves just like insulin. This means that if you eat cinnamon in combination with carbohydrates, your body has to make less insulin. This enhances the absorption of sugars without burdening your body. Your pancreas will thank you for that.
2 Garlic
Garlic is a plant in the garlic family. This family includes onions, leeks, and chives. Garlic grows in many places and is a popular ingredient in various cuisines around the world. Of course, it is also very tasty!
However, throughout ancient history, garlic was mainly used for health and medicinal properties.
Garlic, for example, appears to lower blood sugar levels.
For example, there has been a study that administered garlic extract to rats. Garlic extract increased the amount of insulin in type 2 diabetic rats.
Now you can't say with 100% certainty that this also applies to people, but it certainly can't hurt.
Similar studies have been performed with onion. This vegetable also belongs to the garlic family and also has positive effects on blood sugar levels.
Despite the risk of bad breath, garlic and onion make food taste good. And it turns out that it is also good for health. So carry on with those bags of garlic and onion as diabetes medication.
3 Blueberries
Berries are one of the healthiest fruits on earth. This is often due to the fact that berries contain less sugar than the average fruit.
Now we have always been taught that fruit is healthy. And that is certainly true. But there are degrees of that too.
Blueberries contain anthocyanins.
These are substances that we find in colorful plants and fruits. But research shows that these anthocyanins have beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity. This is actually quite crazy since most fruits contain quite a bit of sugar.
From research has shown that drinking a blueberry smoothie a day, increases insulin sensitivity in people who are already insulin resistant.
You are insulin resistant when you are insensitive to insulin and can therefore absorb little or no sugar from your bloodstream. This is the case in pre-diabetics or types 2 diabetes patients.
Not only are these blueberries very healthy. They are also very tasty. You can take them in the morning with yogurt or cottage cheese, but they are also delicious in a smoothie.
4 Coffee
This is where I come to the drink that many people think is unhealthy. Many different stories go around the world. But luckily I'm here to dispel the fable.
Coffee is healthy when you drink it in moderation. Everything can be unhealthy if you take too much. Even water!
Coffee comes from a plant. The coffee beans of this plant contain a lot of positive substances for our body. Research has shown that these positive effects mainly apply to aging diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's.
Additional information
Coffee activates the nrf2 protein in the cells. This protein initiates all kinds of processes to protect our cells against free radicals. Free radicals are toxic substances in our body and you don't want them to damage your cells. And let's just say that diabetes is a disease in which an excess of free radicals plays an important role.
Besides this great advantage, there are also disadvantages to coffee:
For example, coffee plays a dual role in cardiovascular disease, the disease that is often the result of diabetes
Coffee offers some protection against the development of cardiovascular diseases. But once these cardiovascular diseases have set in, coffee can actually increase the risk of a heart attack. The wise lesson you learn from this: drink coffee in moderation, 3 to 5 cups a day, and absolutely without sugar and milk!
5 Eat the right chocolate
There is one thing on earth that you can literally wake me up to and that is: "chocolate!"
You often hear a lot of negative stories about chocolate. And unfortunately, I can't remove it either. Because when I talk about white and milk chocolate, these negative stories are the truth. Both types of chocolate contain a lot of fast sugars. Something you should absolutely avoid as a diabetes patient.
But what kind of chocolate could work as a diabetes medication? That's black chocolate!
Dark chocolate is chocolate that contains at least 70% cocoa.
The more cocoa, the better of course. Firstly, this chocolate has very healthy effects on the body because it contains many flavonoids. These flavonoids ensure that your immune system is shaken up again because flavonoids are a kind of slightly toxic substance. So your body becomes more efficient at clearing invaders.
And just like with coffee, these flavonoids also have a protective effect against the development of type 2 diabetes.
It increases the insulin sensitivity of our body cells.
Now I don't advise you to eat two bars of dark chocolate of 70% cocoa every day. But a 20-gram block every day is absolutely not bad for your health.
6 Fenugreek as diabetes medication
Fenugreek is a herb that few Dutch people use. Not surprising, of course, since most Dutch people don't get any further than pepper, salt, and nutmeg.
Fenugreek is a plant with small green leaves and white flowers. The pods contain small golden-brown seeds. These seeds are used as spice.
"For thousands of years, this herb has been used in Chinese medicine to treat skin conditions."
But what exactly do diabetes patients benefit from this? It also appears to have a positive effect on your insulin hormone. The positive effect applies to both type 1 and types 2 diabetes patients.
POSITIVE EFFECTS OF Fenugreek
1. Many studies have shown that fenugreek can lower blood sugar levels in diabetic patients.
2. In addition, it also helps lower your "fasting sugar level". This is your blood sugar level when you have not eaten for a long time (8 hours or more).
3. Finally, it slows down sugar absorption so that you suffer less from high sugar peaks.
Also, fenugreek is good for pre-diabetes patients. These are people with elevated blood sugar levels without being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. So there is a good chance that they will develop type 2 diabetes if they continue with the same lifestyle.
Taking fenugreek supplements in pre-diabetes patients lowers the risk of developing diabetes.
You can therefore say that fenugreek is a good substitute for diabetes medication. Many herbs can be seen as the new medicine against type 2 diabetes.
In any case, it is a good addition to diabetes medication.
7 Pom Wonderful
And so we arrive at the most valuable drink in the world. Few people know the effects of this fruit. But I can already tell you one thing:
Pomegranates are very healthy.
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Pomegranates contain more healthy substances than you might think:
Fibers
- Protein
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin K
- folic acid
- Potassium
Unfortunately, they also contain a lot of sugars. Most diabetes patients will now give up reading this as sugar has caused the whole problem of diabetes.
BUT the beauty of this drink is that research shows that your glucose and insulin levels hardly rise despite being high in sugar. Science has not yet been able to determine exactly what causes this.
Pomegranates contain punicalagins. These are powerful antioxidants found in the peel of pomegranates.
The antioxidants in pomegranate juice have been found to be three times as strong as the antioxidants in green tea and red wine.
And it's not that red wine and green tea contain weak antioxidants. Both are incredibly rich in strong antioxidants. And as you may have read before, antioxidants are good for type 2 diabetes patients because they can increase your insulin sensitivity. However, be careful with pomegranate juice. It contains quite a bit of sugar per glass. So only take half a glass a day.
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