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food supliments and diabetes type 2.

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adrian bonnington

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Location
UK
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
at the moment I don't need to inject I just manage my diabetes type 2 with diet and exercise. I ended up with diabetes after being diagnosed with bi-polar and the specialist put me on Olanzapine. It is well known that this drug casues weight gain and diabetes. I have now managed to get my Doctor to take me off this danagerous drug.

Waht I would like to know is thoughts on the following suppliments - Karela, Diabecon DS, Tongkat Ali, HCA, Korean Ginseng.

Diabecon DS is not regulated by UK agencies but its list of ingredients and effects seem to have been used in Asia for years with good results.

Anyone elese with knowledge of these products?
 
Have you looked into a ketogenic diet? There seems to be increasing evidence that it helps with bipolar symptoms.
 
For blood glucose control, you may also want to explore raw puer tea, tartary buckwheat tea, mulberry leaves tea and bitter melon tea.

Tartary buckwheat tea contains rutin which some research suggest it may be helpful. I prefer to have this in the evening over other tea because it does not contain caffeine. But the glucose lowering effect is not as significant as puer tea.

Came across a number of raw puer tea that works very well for me...over a 5 mmol drop within 2 hrs...dangerous or remarkable. Depends on your perspective. @ <$2/100g I find it to be a cost effective option. Would be good if there were more clinical research into this to understand the mechanism behind it. Unfortunately few researchers seems interested.
 


Where do you buy this raw puer tea in Singapore ?
 
MarcoRiveira said:
Thanks, will try to figure that out. I found one too that wasn't costing hundreds or thousands of $ for 357 grams !! Well, will be interesting to try.
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Yes there are many grades of tea...similar to wine, loosely based on region and cultivation type. This happens to be cultivated tea leaves. So it cost significantly less than those from wild or aged tea tree. But price doesn't guarantee effectiveness. Often high price tea are sought after more for their taste profile and rarity. I have tested scores of tea over the past few months and only a handful have any noticeable glucose lowering effect. Fortunately these happens to be typically < $50/kg. So they are suitable for regular drinking.
 
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