Control Type 2 Diabetes Naturally
of the Whitaker Wellness Institute.Dr Julian Whitaker
After helping the young boy to restore his health naturally, he realized that conventional medicine probably wasn’t where he needed to be putting his time after all and he began studying alternative healing.
Dr Whitaker now runs the Whitaker Wellness Institute in California. It’s the largest alternative medicine clinic in the United States. At last account, he was still seeing patients himself. You can learn volumes from his website and his books and yes, I have them all!
Now I’ve just copied and pasted an excerpt of his article on reversing type 2 diabetes below.
A program to get healthy and strong just doesn’t get any easier than the one Dr Whitaker describes below.
Dr. Whitaker’s 4 Natural Type 2 Diabetes Treatments
For starters, all of the type 2 diabetes treatments I recommend are natural—I don’t prescribe insulin or other diabetes drugs because they often only make the problem worse.
In fact, when it comes to treating type 2 diabetes, the best place to start is with lifestyle changes.
In most cases, that’s all it takes to get your blood sugar under control and to turn your health around.
With that in mind, if you are concerned about your blood sugar—even if you haven’t been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes—here are four things you must do to get a handle on the situation.
Lifestyle Changes Are the Best Type 2 Diabetes Treatments
- Eat a low-glycemic diet. Studies have shown time and again that the best diet for people with diabetes is one that is centered on healthy, low-glycemic foods. Examples include green vegetables, beans, and legumes. These foods are also high in fiber, which is another proven type 2 diabetes treatment.
- Be active every day. One of the greatest risk factors for type 2 diabetes is a sedentary lifestyle. But regular exercise is equally important for treating type 2 diabetes. In fact, some researchers found that overweight and obese diabetic patients who exercised and ate a low-glycemic diet for three weeks reduced their diabetic medication requirements by 86 percent!
- Lose weight. It’s no secret that type 2 diabetes and obesity go hand in hand. That’s why achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is, perhaps, the most critical type 2 diabetes treatment. Obviously, following a low-glycemic diet and engaging in regular exercise will help with weight loss. But, if you have a lot of weight to lose, I strongly encourage you to consider the mini-fast with exercise. This clinically studied intermittent fasting diet has produced excellent—and in some cases, astounding—results for everyone I know who has given it a try.
- Take supplements for diabetes. While the three type 2 diabetes treatments I just described work wonders when it comes to lowering blood sugar levels, you should also take targeted supplements for extra support. For decades, I’ve been recommending trace minerals like vanadyl sulfate and chromium and herbal extracts such as purslane, banaba, and cinnamon, along with a high-dose daily multivitamin/mineral supplement. But a few years ago, I came across a botanical that is now among my top nutritional supplements for diabetes. Berberine is not only as effective as prescription drugs at lowering
blood sugar, but it also helps address common diabetic complications, especially heart disease. So if you want to start with one supplement, this is the one I would recommend.
By incorporating these type 2 diabetes treatments into your daily routine, you can safely, naturally, and effectively help keep your blood sugar levels in check. – Italicized text quotes Dr. Whitaker
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