Alternative Treatments for Diabetes

While alternative treatments to diabetes might sound risky or reckless, they can be part of a successful treatment plan. Of course, with a disease as serious and complex as diabetes, no treatment option should be perused without first consulting with your doctor. That being said, there are a number simple home remedies and time-tested herbal remedies that you and your doctor might agree should become a part of your diabetes treatment plan.

In actuality, our "alternative" treatments are not far-out witchcraft, but rather practical solutions to hurdling some of your diabetes problems in the comfort of your home with safe, natural cures. To learn about some approaches to treating diabetes that are a little outside of regular medicine, explore the links below:

Home Remedies for Diabetes

Because so much of diabetes revolves around diet and blood sugar, many of our home remedies offer advice on what foods you should be eating. For instance, in this article you will learn the best sack for getting over hypoglycemia.

Herbal Remedies for Diabetes

There are a number of herbs that can help regulate blood sugar, but chief among them is the desert staple, bilberry. Learn how this herb and others can be used to treat diabetes.

For more information on diabetes in general, try the following links:

To learn more about diabetes in general, including diagnosis, causes, symptoms, and treatment, visit our main Diabetes page.
Our main Type 1 Diabetes page will tell you more about this form of diabetes, commonly called, "juvenile diabetes."
To find out more about type 2 diabetes, which has reached the level of national health epidemic, go to our main Type 2 Diabetes page.

This information is solely for informational purposes. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. Neither the Editors of Consumer Guide (R), Publications International, Ltd., the author nor publisher take responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading or following the information contained in this information. The publication of this information does not constitute the practice of medicine, and this information does not replace the advice of your physician or other health care provider. Before undertaking any course of treatment, the reader must seek the advice of their physician or other health care provider.

Suggestions for a Diabetic Diet

One of the most important aspects of treating and controlling diabetes is monitoring the food you take into your body. However, there may be more wiggle room than you think. To learn more about proper nutrition and diabetes, try the following links:

Our main Diabetic Diet page will show you which food groups are diabetes-friendly and which ones you should avoid.
Visit our Diabetic Recipes page to find simple, delicious meals you can make that won't send our blood sugar into a tailspin.