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Diabetes is a serious and a very common disease, which results in excessive amounts of sugar in the blood. Herbal remedies can be used to treat the problem naturally. Learn what herbs you can use to help treat the problem effectively without resorting to conventional drugs.

One of the best treatments for diabetes is the bitter gourd. For diabetics, it is highly recommended that it be taken frequently as part of their diet. In the morning, before having any breakfast, the bitter gourd juice should be taken. You can use bitter gourd in its powdered form if the bitter taste of the juice is too strong for you. You can use the powder in your food to help disguise its bitterness. As a boost to the bitter gourd, you can include the use of the Indian gooseberry. It is has very high levels of vitamin C, which is great in controlling diabetes. The mixture of the two will create a strong remedy to help control diabetes and also feed the pancreas to allow the secretion of insulin.

Mango leaves used dried or in its powder form can be consumed by mixing it with water. The dried leaves must be left in the water for it took soak and release its goodness into the water. The water is then consumed in the morning on an empty stomach. It is effective in treating diabetes. Other than the mango leaves, you can use the butea leaves to help reduce and control the level of sugar in the blood. Simply boil the leaves and drink the cooled water.

The aromatic curry leaves offers an interesting herbal remedy choice and has an additional benefit of helping weight loss. The leaves are especially beneficial for those that are suffering from hereditary diabetes. Just take ten fresh leaves and chew every day or you could even add it to your salad for that extra kick.

The fenugreek seeds offer the most variety in its use. You can take one or two small spoons of the seeds before going to bed. If that is too much to swallow, you can soak them in water and the next day drink the water before having your breakfast. You could also mix the fenugreek seed powder with milk if that is more to your liking. Fenugreek seeds are also fabuluos in food.

Cinnamon may not seem like much, but it is a very capable herb. Honey and cinnamon taken before going to bed will help you treat diabetes by controlling sugar levels in the blood. However, what makes cinnamon shine is that is also able to improve your appetite and placate cranky stomachs. It gives your vegetables and food another dimension it is added to them.

The herbs mentioned earlier are effective in treating diabetes, but there are still other herbs that are just as effective in treating diabetes. It would take more than a single article to list all of the herbs and the other benefits you can achieve from using these natural treatments.

The list of herbs mentioned is not an exhaustive one. There are still many more herbs that can be used to treat diabetes naturally. Maybe they can be discussed in another article. Regardless of the lack of space, the herbs mentioned would be more than enough for you to start going on the path of natural treatments for diabetes.

According to the Webster’s 21st Century Dictionary, the word “cure” means;



*Method of remedial treatment, esp. for disease.

*Recovery from disease.

*Restore to health; heal.



When type 2 diabetes is discussed, the word “cure” is met with a wide array of responses. Many people with this disease and their prescribing doctors believe there is no cure. For many however, saying type 2 diabetes can’t be reversed is like saying there is no cure for obesity.



Once you understand how type 2 diabetes develops in most people, it would be fair to say that type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease brought on by obesity, lack of exercise, drug use and other conscious choices. There are cases of type 2 diabetes brought on by other factors such as prescription drugs, stress and even agent orange exposure. However, obesity seems to play the largest part in the surge of the type 2 diabetes epidemic.



For the majority, the problem lies here. Beta cells inside the pancreas secrete insulin when food is eaten. Insulin acts as a key to open muscle and liver cells to allow sugars inside to be used for fuel. When a diabetic person gains additional weight due to excessive food intake, beta cells try to keep up with insulin production until they are so stressed that they eventually break down and produce less and less insulin…leaving high amounts of sugar in the blood.



The body does not replace damaged or destroyed beta cells on it’s own.



Then there is insulin resistance simply meaning muscle and liver cells don’t respond to the insulin already made by the body. Too much insulin in the bloodstream with no place to go is stored as fat. This is why so many type 2 diabetics have a unique apple-shaped body, carrying most of their excess weight around their middle.



An herbal remedy called Eleotin was introduced to the world in 1999 from Canada. Working on a metabolic level Eleotin restores beta cell function, insulin sensitivity and the health of the pancreas…the three most common causes of type 2 diabetes. Google the word Eleotin to find great informational resources on this product.



If a product such as Eleotin can rejuvenate tired and damaged beta cells and increase insulin sensitivity, the body can begin to process sugars on it’s own again. This restorative process can be considered a cure. However, if a person lives for many years untreated, this process could only halt or slow future physical damage to the body, not the complications already executed by the disease such as blindness, kidney failure or amputations. This is the same as taking a weight loss pill to “cure” obesity and thinking it will also cure the stretch marks that were the result of being overweight.



It is truly up to each individual as to what a cure means to them. No product natural or man-made will ever restore a diabetic to a non-diabetic stage forever and allow them to eat whatever they choose with no limitations. Knowing this, is there really a cure for type 2 diabetes? Define what a cure means to you. For the many thousands of Eleotin users all over the world, this means a cure.