17th August 2007
[QUOTE=Mark1e;3160106]Susan,
A lot has been written and said about using herbs to treat type 2 diabetes. But they have generally not delivered on this promise. So I too am a bit sceptical. I would guess that the major improvement in control is the combined effect of a better diet and losing weight.
You will only know what effect the herbs are having by stopping them and keeping everything else the same. If the herbs were making much of a difference, you would expect to see an immediate and substantial deterioration in control after he stops taking them. Try it out and use the blood glucose meter to monitor the changes. Let us know what happens.
Mark ;)
He would never (I hope) consider stopping the herbs since his numbers were so terrible before he began taking them that he was told he HAD to go on insulin. It would be foolish and risky to gamble with his health in the manner you suggest. His blood pressure was even a nice 122/72 after a stock market crash and right in front of his doctor at age 66.
I do agree that stopping SUGAR in excess had a tremendous impact on his numbers, yes. With that came weightloss with the numbers dropping simultaneously.
So there is no doubt that diet is of supreme importance in diabetes management as opposed to the emphasis on buying "diabetic supplies" off of tv. I only wish that the word could get out to diabetics to stop eating all of that sugar (and drinking it) and quit relying on drugs so much that are causing increasingly large incidents of heart attack. The sugar lobbyists have been very effective in taking the public's mind off of avoidance of sugar(s) and having them purchase diabetic supplies and Amaryl instead.
A lot has been written and said about using herbs to treat type 2 diabetes. But they have generally not delivered on this promise. So I too am a bit sceptical. I would guess that the major improvement in control is the combined effect of a better diet and losing weight.
You will only know what effect the herbs are having by stopping them and keeping everything else the same. If the herbs were making much of a difference, you would expect to see an immediate and substantial deterioration in control after he stops taking them. Try it out and use the blood glucose meter to monitor the changes. Let us know what happens.
Mark ;)
He would never (I hope) consider stopping the herbs since his numbers were so terrible before he began taking them that he was told he HAD to go on insulin. It would be foolish and risky to gamble with his health in the manner you suggest. His blood pressure was even a nice 122/72 after a stock market crash and right in front of his doctor at age 66.
I do agree that stopping SUGAR in excess had a tremendous impact on his numbers, yes. With that came weightloss with the numbers dropping simultaneously.
So there is no doubt that diet is of supreme importance in diabetes management as opposed to the emphasis on buying "diabetic supplies" off of tv. I only wish that the word could get out to diabetics to stop eating all of that sugar (and drinking it) and quit relying on drugs so much that are causing increasingly large incidents of heart attack. The sugar lobbyists have been very effective in taking the public's mind off of avoidance of sugar(s) and having them purchase diabetic supplies and Amaryl instead.