Are there any holistic treatments for type II diabetes?

Fortunately, most adult-onset, Type 2 diabetics can control the disease through a combination of weight loss, a diet high in fiber and complex carbohydrates, nutritional supplements, and adequate exercise. People who are at risk of diabetes because of family history or borderline elevated blood sugar can reduce the risk of getting the disease by following the same regimen.

1. A diet that is 60 percent fiber and complex carbohydrates, which will reduce the need for insulin and lower the fat levels of the blood. Whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes are all appropriate complex carbohydrates. Avoid processed sugars, including those in cookies, candies, cakes, ice cream, sodas, diet sodas, honey, dried fruit, chocolate, and desserts. Keep fats down to 20 percent of your total calorie intake, and avoid high-fat foods such as butter, red meats, and other foods high in cholesterol. Monounsaturated vegetable fats, which include olive oil, are the best for diabetics, since they promote a healthy circulatory system. The remaining 20 percent of your diet should consist of protein such as fish or poultry.

2.Take your time over your meals. Don't gulp down your food, and eat three meals a day rather than one large one, to avoid a sudden surge of blood sugar. A snack of an apple or other fruit in midmorning or afternoon can also help to keep blood sugar stable. Apples and many other fresh fruits are also high in pectin fiber, which reduces blood sugar in diabetics. The more fresh salads you eat, the better, because these raw foods reduce sugar levels, perhaps because they take longer to digest.

3.Take either.' Guar fiber, 2 teaspoons a day with a large glass of water, before meals; or psyllium fiber, ( 3.4 g sugarless Metamucil,) twice a day in a glass of water, before meals. Fiber supplements, which have been shown to reduce blood sugar elevations and insulin requirements.

4.Make a serious effort to control stress.

5.Avoid fatigue, emotional upsets, and use of tobacco.

6.Take the following supplements -
Chromium: 100 mcg of trivalent chromium, 3/day.

Magnesium: 400 mg, / day.

Vitamin C: 500 mg, 2/day.

Vitamin E: 400 IU/day.

Zinc 50 mg /day.

B6 (pyrldoxine): 100 mg /day.

B12: 1,000 mcg in tablet form dissolved under the tongue.

Some very recent research has suggested that cow's milk can be a possible trigger, putting susceptible people at greater risk of diabetes. While this certainly isn't a basis to eliminate cow's milk from a diabetic's diet, it is an argument not to use cow's-milk products early in life, especially if there is a family history of diabetes.

Losing weight is the best thing for type 2's. Exercise your food off- after meals. That's about as holistic as it gets.

Holistic is about looking at the total needs of the body.

Improve the diet.

Limit, or eliminate, processed foods

ELIMINATE artificial sweeteners

Learn how the glycemic index of certain foods can rapidly impact glucose levels in the blood.

Supplement with high-quality nutrients to ensure you have the basic "parts" required by all cells for normal function

These things can do wonders.

Hi ! i have read all the answers given by many people... I suggest use of psyllium, vitamins, micronutrients is good for prevention of deterioration of health or developement of neuropathy... There are many herbs which are useful in prevention of compalications of diabetes as well as bringing the levels under control, without causing side effects. There are no miracle herbs which can cure your diabetes, but there are many which have good effect... they are Ashwagandha, Neem, Karela (Bittergourd), Fenugreek, Turmeric, Gymnema, Marsupium and many more....
You can visit www.planetayurveda.com for more details and free constulation with Ayurveda experts..

Yea but none of them work. You think people with Diabetes wouldnt know if there was some plant they could eat that would magically heal them?

Yes, there are great treatments(and cures) for
diabetes....But you can't pop
a chemical pill like in allopathic medicine.
You must do some research.
Its a lifestyle change, which
includes proper diet/proper
food supplements, etc.
You can Google Dr. David
Williams or Dr. James
Balch or head to a good
health food store and see what educational books they
have on the subject.

I have a great article (written this month) about how reserchers at Columbia University have found a connection between diabetes and bone health. I don't think you can do attachments here, and I got it from a friend so don't know the web address. But if you contact me, I'll send it to you.