Thankyou for that. Ill let the forum know how it goes. But at the moment Im quite optimistic.
Gosh I do remember that now used ginger and whole cloves brewed up as a tea! I do have my enthusiasms! I liked the taste but not convinced it made much difference 're blood glucose numbers for me.
Hi Shelley. I am now on Day 7 wih 5 of them on capsules. I have not been above 5.8 since starting. I had a 5.5 this morning. I have not had morning syndrom not adrenalin attacks on waking up neither. Its only a week but Ill keep everyone informed.
I have read about Okra, anyone with experience with it.
Wise words. Did some background reading on these spice claims and there are numerous reports suggesting a mechanism of action is to stimulate insulin secretion (from pancreas cells).
Hi Ian. I used to get adrenalin burst in the morning. Without them I would be between 5.8 to 6.5. With them I've been up to 7+. I was ill and decided to make a herbalbtea from scratch. I used Cloves, Tumeric, Ginger, and Cinnamon. I noticed my morning BGL was lowering. I was discussing with my mate in the US and he said he had read a study that it reduces BGL by up to 30%. He spoke to his Doctor and dietician and they concluded with him. He takes 2 per day. No more than the equivalent on 250mg. To be clear. Cloves have several studied medicinal purposes. Not just that it can reduce BGL. But too much is bad for the digestive system. However, I have just reset my system. I completed a 3 day fasting. I have reduced my BGL to 4.3 as of this morning. It cleared my body of all glycogen and I lost 5lbs. Now it is just to keep the body on Interval fasting. I fast 8/16. So all in all diet,bfitnes training and willpower has helped my. Now I understand how the body resets. Unfortunately it will not work for type 1 diabetes. But pre and type 2 can be reversed. A 3 day fast is not hard. The trick is fooling the hunger pangs with psyllium husk. It fills the hole. If you do mix it with water and let it quell then drink it. 10g is only 10 blank calories so will not effect the fasting. Anything up to 50 calories without carbs is OK.
Sorry, I failed to say I stopped the clove powder on the fasting. That was the advice by my Dietician. As I said, it will effect digestion if too much is taken. On a completely empty stomach we were not going to take any chances. As for the fasting, once your liver has been drained of glycogen, you go into ketosis and autophagy.
That's very interesting. I regularly do 36 hour fasts (8pm day 1 to 8am day 3), but have trouble sleeping on day 2. Maybe the psyllium husk trick might work for me.
I have vowed to do this every 3 months. Now I have cleared my system, I can keep it low. I've gone cold turkey on everything. Even coffee with no sweetener or milk. I just do not like oat or nut milk. However I was given a tip with Mascapone in skimmed milk to make it creamier for porridge or cooking to reduce carbs. Downside is more fat.
I only use ceylon cinnamon. The other **** is what you find in processed foods.Cinnamon can be toxic - depending on the type you use. The cheaper "cinnamon" is Cinnamomum cassia and has much higher levels of coumarin which can cause liver damage if consumed in high quantities regularly. "True cinnamon" Cinnamomum verum also has coumarin - but far less so "safer".
Cinnamon - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Not the only place. Most ground cinnamon you see in the shop spice aisle is the bad kind (at least in the UK). The price difference is quite large - so you also get a lot of “fake” mislabeled cinnamon.
Im in Germany. We get ours from a herbalist/Bio Shop it is a trusted shop. All our spices. Or from the market fresh. Then we grow many of the main herbs. We're buying a dryer soon, so we will dry them out and bottle or jar them. I made my own peanut butter this morning. Fresh peanuts roasted on the hob then blitz to a paste. Making Protein bars for the gym later.
