Diabetes type 2 is perhaps one of the most researched topics anywhere in the world. Thus with all the wealth of information you must have stumbled upon, you may think you already know everything there is to know about diabetes.
For instance, you must know by now that diabetes type 2 is also called adult onset or non-insulin dependent. For sure, too, you must know that type 2 diabetes is only one type of diabetes – there are two others, diabetes type 1 and gestational diabetes.
Quite certainly, you understand the followings signs and symptoms of diabetes type 2 so much so that when you experience these signs you immediately run to your doctor:
- excessive urination
- excessive thirst
- over-fatigue
- dry mouth
- wounds that take time to heal or do not heal at all
You must also know that this type diabetes can be controlled through diet and exercise, but in some cases medications are necessary.
Indeed, these basically encompass most of the things you may want to know about type 2 diabetes, but of course there are still quite a lot of new information about this that not a lot of people know of.
Perhaps, you would want to know that there are other alternative approaches to treating diabetes, and these are:
- Hydrotherapy – in a study conducted to test the effectiveness of hydrotherapy in controlling diabetes, the subjects were made to soak themselves in a tub of water for 30 minutes a day for six days for three weeks. This approach not only helped the subjects to relax but amazingly reduced their blood sugar levels, too.
- Detoxification – this method requires you to fast for short periods of time or to control your diet to help your body get rid of toxins more easily, thereby helping you control your blood sugar levels better.
- Mud therapy – it may startle you to see how mud can be a good weapon against diabetes, but it can be. Mud, after all, comes from the earth, the provider of the main source of energy, food. Mud baths have in fact been used for so many years in alternative medicine to prevent or treat a variety of diseases, including diabetes, by sort of magnetizing out the toxins from the body.
- Massage – this, too, has been used in alternative medicine to improve general well being and control diabetes. This simply act stimulates the various organs and systems of your body, especially those that are essential in controlling diabetes.
- Herbs and spices – a number of herbs and spices may also be used to help regulate blood sugar levels. Cinnamon, for one thing, has been found to hasten the conversion of glucose into energy, a major issue in diabetes. Cinnamon, then, is said to mimic the effect of insulin in the body.
Other herbs and spices used in the treatment of diabetes type 2 include:
- the leaves of blueberry
- Asian ginseng
- Bingko biloba
- Bilberry
- Ginger tea
These natural approaches to the treatment of type 2 diabetes are definitely worth a try. Except maybe for the herbs and spices that you may have to buy if you don’t have them in your backyard, hydrotherapy, detoxification, mud therapy and massage do not cost any money at all.
It never hurts to explore all possibilities when it comes to the ultimate solution to beat diabetes type 2.