Magic Pumpkin, Ancient Chinese Spices and ALA Help Diabetics Manage Weight, Blood Sugar Levels

By: Robert P. Tracy Posted on: 2008-08-16 ** Print Article ** ** Copy Article ** - Category Feed

Article Summary: A recent article in USA Today discussed the trend among big pharmaceutical companies to consider natural remedies for diabetic treatment. Three natural or herbal products already exist that help Type 2 sufferers control their disease.

One of the biggest complaints we hear from Type 2 diabetics is that they are deathly afraid of prescription drugs.

There's a resistance to accepting their doctor's advice to swallow an expensive tablet, that may work and it may cause side effects, worse than their current condition.

Spurred on by Kevin Trudeau's half hour infomercial on the failures of Big Pharma, established medicine and Big Government, diabetics have snapped his Natural Cures books up in millions, making this non-medical industry insider into a messiah.

He's truly struck a chord. And now, Big Pharma, as Trudeau refers to the established pharmaceutical manufacturers, are taking notice. As reported recently in USA Today, they're looking at natural solutions to solve age old illnesses.

While a natural remedy from the pharma companies is sure to be more expensive, it gives some credibility to the thousands of natural products and remedies long spurned by doctors in treating their diabetic patients.

But you don't have to wait for the Big Pharma companies to launch natural treatments. Three promising natural products are already available, backed up by thousands of years of success in countries like India and China. Some have even been clinically-tested by a skeptical medical establishment, and to their surprise proven effective.

Take the "Magic Pumpkin" It's a wild growing fruit, found only in southern India that resembles a pumpkin. Indians have known for centuries that the rind of this purple colored fruit suppresses appetites. It was used by ancient hunters to control their hunger over long periods. It's scientific name is Garcinia Cambogia and you'll find that it's used throughout India for a range of illnesses, even as a food seasoning.

Garcinia Cambogia, in it's purest form (beware of adulterated or watered down versions) has been tested by unbelieving scientists at esteemed medical institutions and proven to lower hunger, give a feeling of satiation and lower weight among users. These same skeptical scientists also found that when taken according to prescribed levels, it actually attacks fat, not muscle. They also found that when combined with a diet and exercise regimen, it provided three times the weight loss results, compared to diet and exercise alone.

Chinese Cinnamon (specifically, the Cinnamomum cassia form) has proven in clinical testing, to help lower blood sugar levels. The study, reported in Diabetes Care (2003) noted that after taking one quarter teaspoon, two to three times per day, users lowered their blood sugar levels, total cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels and even LDL lipoproteins, significantly! All this from a relatively common, age old spice (note that only the Chinese cinnamon was tested and proven effective). This was known by the Chinese over 4,000 years ago, by Medieval health practitioners hundreds of years ago, and now, confirmed effective by modern scientists!

Controlling blood sugar levels (and weight) is the most effective way to manage diabetes. But, not all Type 2 sufferers are willing or able to do so. Now, based on a study conducted by the highly regarded Mayo Clinic, in conjunction with the Russian Medical Academy for Advance Studies, alpha lipoic acid (ALA), a highly powerful anti-oxidant, can help patients control painful symptoms associated with diabetic neuropathy.

"There appears to be a rather large effect on the pain of diabetic neuropathy with ALA", says Dr. Peter Dyck of the Mayo Clinic.

He goes on to state that symptoms such as burning, sharp pain and cutting, prickling sensations can be dramatically reduced in diabetics using ALA. He also notes that the product is "very safe".

While we all welcome the established pharmaceutical industry to the natural remedy market, diabetics can find natural or herbal solutions now, that can help them control their diabetic condition.

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