Food supplements and herbal preparations fill the shelves of drugstores and are sold indiscriminately at times on the web. The billion dollar question is, are they really effective in lowering blood sugar levels?
Scientific research on their effectiveness show different results. People who use them swear by them, while some think it is just a waste of precious money. Judging from experience, they may be effective even if not given to much testing. Actually there are a lot of issues involved when you say you are using a herbal preparation or a food supplement. Now, if only they would really test them so we would all know the truth, bitter or sweet!
Health And Supplements
Really, it isn't difficult to judge. If health care professionals and nutritionists advise a fiber rich diet consisting of vegetables, cereals and whole wheat grains to control blood sugar levels, why is a concentrated vegetable or plant in capsule form not acceptable? Some food supplements are actually concentrated, fiber rich vegetable essences, that when you eat the same amount in vegetable form, would weigh a ton! In the first place they were concentrated to provide an optimum amount of fiber that assists in absorbing that noxious glucose or sugar in your stomach and expel it easier than you might imagine.
On the other hand, there are also other herbal preparations that are claimed to lower blood sugar levels. These herbs are not necessarily needed in daily preparation of food so that it would be better to concentrate and encapsulate them:
bitter melon
cinnamon
Gymnema sylvestre and
fenugreek
are the most popular and mostly used herbal remedies that work in lowering blood sugar levels.
the B vitamin biotin,
vitamin C,
trace minerals zinc and chromium and
the anti-oxidant alpha lipoic acid may also be helpful.
A lot of commercial preparations may contain one or two of these ingredients and sell a lot.
Here are some tips in utilizing these food and herbal supplements:
1. Yes, you can take a supplement especially if you hate clearing up all those vegetables on your plate. Supplements that have fiber in them such as bitter melon, cinnamon, fenugreek, and gymnema have no known dangerous side effects. They can help in some ways.
2. Do not stop taking your anti-diabetic drug. This is very important. Food supplements or herbal preparations work in tandem just like diet and exercise do when taken with the right anti-diabetic medication.
3. Be sure to order the genuine ones. Surf the web, ask your friends what they take, and read labels.
4. It doesn't mean though that when you take herbal preparations you can eat anything. You still have to stick with your diabetic food plan.
5. It shouldn't mean going back to your days as a couch potato.
So there you are. Enjoy your healthy lifestyle. Take some food supplement as well as your anti-diabetic medication and watch you blood sugar levels fall.
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