Recommended Foods for Diabetes

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Recommended Foods for Diabetes

By Dr John Anne

 

Brewer's yeast is a wonder food. It is rich in traces of mineral

chromium. This mineral helps the pancreas produce more insulin.

It is

one of the best supports for normal handling of sugar by the body.

According to an article by Dr. Richard J. Doisy and others, which

appeared in the Medical World News, Brewer's yeast has lowered the

insulin requirements of many diabetes patients.

 

Broccoli

 

Broccoli, a close relation of the cauliflower, has long been a

popular

food in Europe. This vegetable has proved to be an effective

anti-diabetic food. It is rich source of chromium, a trace mineral

that

seems to lower blood sugar. This trace mineral regulates blood

sugar,

thereby often reducing the medication and insulin needs of diabetes.

In

cases of mild diabetes, chromium may prevent the onset of the

full-fledged disease. If a person's glucose tolerance is on border,

chromium can help control it. Even low blood sugar levels can be

brought

to normal with chromium.

 

 

Garlic

 

In scientific trials garlic and its constituents have been found to

lower blood sugar in diabetes. This vegetable is rich in potassium,

which effectively replaces the large quantities of potassium lost in

the

urine of diabetics. It also contains zinc and sulphur, which are

constituents of insulin. Some authorities believe that low levels of

zinc may be one of the factors responsible for the onset of

diabetes.

Garlic also contains manganese, a deficiency of which can contribute

towards diabetes.

 

Garlic constituents appear to act by blocking the inactivation of

insulin in the liver. The result is higher blood insulin levels and

lower blood sugar.

 

Garlic has other benefits for diabetes besides lowering blood sugar.

It

prevents arteriosclerosis, which is a common complication of

diabetes

and relieves body paid.

 

Diabetics can take the equivalent of one or two

cloves of garlic a day in any form they like, either raw or cooked

in

food or as capsules. The

best way is to chew raw garlic thoroughly first thing in the

morning.

 

Bengal Gram

 

Bengal gram, also known as chickpea, is a widely used important

component of Indian diet. It is a valuable anti-diabetic food.

Experiments have shown that the oral ingestion of the water extract

of Bengal gram increases the utilization of glucose in diabetics as

well as normal people.

 

In a study conducted at Central Food Technological

Research Institute in Mysore, the requirement of insulin of chronic

diabetes patients decreased from 40 units a day to 20 units, when

kept

on a diet which included liberal supplements of Bengal gram.

 

Diabetic patients who are on a restricted diet, which does not

severely

limit the intake of carbohydrates but includes liberal amounts of

Bengal

gram extract, have shown considerable improvement in their fasting

blood

sugar levels, glucose tolerance, urinary excretion of sugar and

general

condition.

 

Bitter Gourd

 

The bitter gourd is a common vegetable cultivated extensively. It

has

excellent medicinal virtues. This vegetable has been used as fold

medicine for diabetes from ancient times. Research has established

that

it contains insulin like principle designated as plant-insulin,

which

has been found beneficial in lowering blood and urine sugar levels.

 

Bitter gourd is thus and effective anti-diabetic food and should be

included liberally in the diet of a diabetic.

 

Juice of three or four bitter gourds taken every morning on an empty

stomach has been found more effective than eating fruits. The seeds

of

bitter gourd can be powdered and added to regular meals. A decoction

prepared by boiling chopped bitter gourd is water is equally

effective,

as is its dry powder mixed with liquid foods.

 

Bitter gourd is rich in all essential vitamins and minerals

especially

vitamins A, B1, B2, C and iron.

 

Its regular use, therefore, prevents

many complications associated with diabetes including hypertension,

eye

complications, neuritis and the defective metabolism of

carbohydrates.

 

Black Gram

 

Black gram is a highly prized pulse in India. It is an anti diabetic

food. Germinated black gram taken with half a cup of fresh bitter

gourd

juice, forms and effective remedy for treating mild types of

diabetes.

It should be taken once a day, for three to four months, with a

restricted intake of carbohydrates.

 

In severe diabetes, regular use of this combination is an effective

complement to other treatments. It is also a useful health food for

preventing complications due to malnutrition in diabetes. Milk

prepared

by grinding sprouted whole black gram is also recommended for

diabetics.

 

 

Groundnut

 

Groundnuts are valuable in diabetes. Eating a handful of groundnuts

daily by diabetics will not only prevent malnutrition, particularly

the

deficiency of niacin, but also checks the development of vascular

complications.

 

 

Curd

 

Curd injects friendly bacteria in to the digestive system that

stimulate

the pancreas. It also washes the pancreas of its acids and wastes.

These

cleansing actions enable the pancreas to perform much better and

thereby

help in the production of insulin.

 

 

 

Dr John Anne

http://www.alternative-healthguide.com

 

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