A Natural Remedy For Diabetes
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
A natural remedy for diabetes is both possible and practicable. Medical science has advanced our knowledge of the causes of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes; and, historical statistical data has shown that our changing diets and lifestyles are also trigger factors. It is the application of this knowledge that points to a natural remedy for diabetes.
Over the last 60 years or so “scientific medicine” has been dominant in the “Western” World in treating illness and disease. Pharmaceutical companies have invested heavily in researching and developing patent products, i.e. drugs and medicines, to treat a wide and ever growing range of conditions. There is no question that overall the results have benefited patients. Our mindset has become conditioned to reach for the medicine cabinet at the first sign of feeling unwell. There is now also a resurgence of interest in applying natural remedies; and diabetes is no exception.
Type 2 diabetes was practicably unknown at the turn of the Twentieth Century. In the last two decades of that century the number of people diagnosed as suffering from the condition has increased by 40% over the levels in the 1970’s whereas the numbers of type 1 diabetes sufferers has not increased substantially. What has changed is our modern “Western” diet and lifestyles.
A natural remedy for diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, can be found in reversing the effects of our current diet and lifestyles. The knowledge of how to do this has been provided by medical science and that knowledge is more readily available than ever before. The challenge for each individual diabetic is to apply that knowledge for themselves; that requires considerably more effort than popping a few pills.
A natural remedy for diabetes has three elements, all of which are based on healthy lifestyle choices. They are:
* not being over weight for your height and gender;
* having a healthy diet; and
* being more physically active.
It will take time to become accustomed to this new lifestyle. But persistence and consistency will be rewarded. Over time, insulin resistance will be reduced for type 2 diabetes sufferers; and, type 1 diabetes sufferers will start to see an increase in the amount of effective insulin that their bodies produce as their pancreas starts to recover. For some type 2 diabetes sufferers, this reversal could be complete. For all others, including type 1 diabetes sufferers, it is a very effective natural way to manage their condition with minimal support from “scientific medicine”.
We have the knowledge of what causes type 1 and type 2 diabetes and their trigger factors. We also understand that poor lifestyle choices can seriously affect our health for the worse. All we have to do is apply this knowledge to be lead to a natural remedy for diabetes.
Article Source: Robert Reddin