I found a pretty good resource at the Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation website. It was a pdf called "Managing Your Diabetes". What I was specifically interested in for this post was the section on "Beyond the Basics" which included vitamin/mineral supplimentation, plant pharmacology, and other natural ways to manage diabetes.
Vitamin/Mineral list:
Vitamin B-6
Biotin
Vitamin C
Chromium
Coenzyme Q (Co-Q-10)
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)
Vitamin E
Lipoic Acid
Magnesium
Niacin
Nitric Oxide
Vandium
Plant Pharmacology:
American Ginsing
Bay
Bitter Gourd
Cayenne
Cinnamon
Evening Primrose Oil
Fenugreek
Flax
Ginger
Gurmar
Hydroxycitric Acid (HCA)
Lagerstoemia speciosa
Nopal
Onions and Garlic
The link straight to the document itself is up above if you click on it's name. I don't know how much I can actually get away with copying anything straight out of there.
I haven't really tried any of these myself, except maybe the occasional cinnamon in my coffee, so I can't profess to the actual usefulness of each item. Either way, it gave me more things to look up and follow up on later.
Friday, May 8, 2009
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