Alternative Treatments for Diabetes

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The FDA - Who Do They Really Protect?

by James DeMeo, Ph.D.

 

Anti-Constitutional Activities and Abuse of Police Power by the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration and other Federal Agencies

 

 

 

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BITTER MELON AS ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR DIABETES

Momordica charantia

Bitter melon, Momordica charantia, has been used in the Orient as a

traditional medicine for diabetes, gastrointestinal therapy, cancer

and viral infections.

 

In Myanmar (Burma), China and India, it is

highly prized for its anti-diabetic activity. Myanmar traditional

physicians prescribe bitter melon to diabetic patients.

 

Doctors in

India are so confident of bitter melon's positive effect on diabetes,

they dispense bitter melon in some of the most modern hospitals.

 

According to James Duke of U.S Department of Agriculture, bitter

melon has attained favor in China as a monoherbal medicine for

diabetes mellitus.

 

Bitter melon has twice the potassium of bananas,

and it has been shown to increase the number of beta cells, those

which produce insulin, in the pancreas.

 

Common names and their associated cultures are: Bitterweed --

Southeastern US; Serasee -- Carribean islands; Bitter melon --

Oriental immigrants to the US; Carillon -- Latin America; Mexicane --

Cajun " traeteur " of Louisiana, USA; Kho Qua -- Vietnam; K'u Kua --

China; ampalayo -- Phillipines; Kukakaya -- India.

 

Also: Balsam Pear, Boston Apple, Bitter Gourd, Bitter Cucumber,

Concombre Amer.

 

PREPARATION

Bitter melon is available through most Filipino and/or Asian grocery

stores, and some farmers markets. Because the plant is seasonal and

is difficult to grow in the winter, it is sometimes sold frozen. The

appropriate method of administering bitter melon is to make the

extract from the fruit, vines, and leaves of the plant and either

drink it as a juice, tea or administer it as a retention enema. Some

say that drinking the juice or tea will result in the breakdown of

the active components by stomach acids, therefore a retention enema

would be a more efficient route. more

 

Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)

 

available in tincture or capsule form

 

 

Momordica charantia (Bitter melon):

 

Therapeutic Actions, Clinical

Indications, and more

 

Diabetic and Other Metabolic Neuropathies Abstracts

 

THE INFLUENCE OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA FRUIT JUICE

ON PERIPHERAL NERVE

STRUCTURE IN EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES

 

Momordica charantia fruit is traditionally used as a vegetable and is

known to have hypoglycemic effect in human and experimental

diabetes.

Blood glucose concentrations were significantly reduced in

M charantia treated diabetic animals when compared with untreated

diabetic rats (p< 0.05), but were still significantly greater (p<

0.05) than those of age-matched controls.

 

Caution: be careful in active diabetes, as serasee (bitter

melon) masks the sugar output in the urine. Watch the diabetic's

condition some other way.

Serasee is primarily a preventive herb. Serasee is believed to work in a

holistic manner. It is believed to work best if your food and water

are clean and natural, and your heart and mind are pure. If you eat

foods with a lot of chemicals it won't work so well.

 

If you are full

of toxins, use sparingly at first, as purification reactions may be

strongMormodica works from the subtlest levels to adjust you toward

health, and works best with your total cooperation in the way of

diet, attitude, etc.

 

This is why no chemical extracts or synthetics

should be made from momordica. A pregnant woman should not use

momordica, as it has been used as an ingredient in some abortifacent

mixtures. more Natural Treatment for Diabetes JoAnn Guest May 06, 2003

15:38 PDT

 

 

 

Natural Treatments for Diabetes

 

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/diabetes.htm

 

Glucose-lowering drugs usually succeed in lowering blood sugar

levels, but may increase the death rate from heart attacks.

 

These drugs also are associated with weight gain, elevated cholesterol

and triglyceride levels, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain,

drowsiness, and headache.

 

Learn how you can improve diabetic

condition with natural remedies: fulvic acids, B12 vitamin, bitter

melon, and gamma linolenic acid (GLA) found in borage oil, and herbal

remedies.

 

JUVENILE DIABETES AND VACCINATION: NEW EVIDENCE FOR A CONNECTION -

 

June 30, 2002 Los Angeles Times Sunday Report Hidden Risks, Lethal

Truths - Warner-Lambert won approval for Rezulin after masking the

number of liver injuries in clinical studies.

 

WASHINGTON -- Newly

obtained internal documents show that Warner-Lambert Co. executives

who promoted the diabetes pill Rezulin masked early indications of

the drug's danger to the liver from federal regulators and later

delayed sharing information about its lethal toxicity with family

doctors.

 

The newly acquired materials show that company management

rebuffed employees who questioned liver-injury totals from clinical

studies that excluded 38% of the cases.

 

At the time, Warner-Lambert

was assuring doctors nationwide that the drug was as safe as a

placebo, the harmless pill used as a control in medical testing. The

story of the Food and Drug Administration's handling of Rezulin is

well known. After the agency gave the drug " fast-track " approval in

early 1997, scores of liver-related deaths were linked to the pill.

 

Rezulin was withdrawn from the U.S. market in March 2000. By then, it

had generated $2.1 billion in sales for Warner-Lambert. (You can read

the full story Hidden Risks, Lethal Truths at the LA Times' website, but

you will be required to register - it's free)

 

" The medical establishment works closely with the drug multinationals

whose main objective is profits, and whose worst nightmare would be an

epidemic of good health. Lots of drugs MUST be sold.

 

In order to achieve this, anything goes: lies, fraud, and kickbacks.

 

Doctors are the principal salespeople of the drug companies. They are

rewarded

with research grants, gifts, and lavish perks. The principal buyers

are the public - from infants to the elderly - who MUST be thoroughly

medicated and vaccinated...at any cost!

 

Why do the authorities forbid

alternative medicine?

 

Because they are serving the industry, and the

industry cannot make money with herbs, vitamins, and homeopathy.

 

 

They cannot patent natural remedies. That is why they push synthetics.

They control medicine, and that is why they are able to tell medical

schools what they can and cannot teach. "

 

Guylaine Lanctot, M.D

" Bart Classen, a Maryland physician, published data showing that

diabetes rates rose significantly in New Zealand following a massive

hepatitis B vaccine campaign in young children, and that diabetes

rates also went up sharply in Finland after three new childhood

vaccines were introduced. " Nicholas Regush

 

ABCNEWS.com

 

Vaccines Proven To Be Largest Cause of Insulin Dependent Diabetes in

Children

 

Results of GLA (gamma linolenic acid) as found in flax oil and

evening primrose oil supplementation in diabetics truly astounding

Stein et al, in their research at the Department of Internal

Medicine, Center for Diabetes Research at the University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas have conclusively

demonstrated the vital importance of oils that contain the essential

Omega three fatty acids.

 

These Omega three's as well as an important

Omega six are the EFA's LNA and LA. When we lack them in our diet, we

suffer degenerative disease

 

Research shows the role certain beneficial fatty acids may play in

preventing or improving cardiovascular complications attributed to

diabetes. " Perhaps of equal or greater importance is the role certain

beneficial fatty acids may play in preventing or improving

cardiovascular complications attributed to diabetes.

 

Buried in the annals of medicine are extremely optimistic studies

attesting to these facts.

 

This information has not been widely publicized in the

past because fatty acids are naturally occurring nutrients and can

not be patented by pharmaceutical companies and sold at exorbitant

prices.

 

 

One such fatty acid, gamma linolenic acid (GLA), is found in

nature's most concentrated form as Borage seed oil (24% GLA). The

results of GLA supplementation in diabetics are truly astounding, as

outlined below.

 

Diabetic neuropathy (a painful nerve disorder

resulting from reduced blood flow and subsequent oxygen depravation

of the limbs or organs) was reversed in studies conducted by seven

medical centers.

 

In a separate, but similar study, 12 patients

afflicted with diabetic neuropathy were given 360 mg of GLA daily

(the equivalent of two, 1000 mg. Borage oil capsules), while 10

others were given a placebo (inactive substance). After 6 months the

GLA group showed statistically significant improvement as compared to

the placebo group. In addition, GLA supplementation has been reported to

normalize the faulty fatty acid metabolism attributed to diabetes by

bypassing the enzyme system responsible for this disorder

 

By doing

so the body's response to inflammation, pain and swelling is

stabilized. Arterial muscle tone, responsible for blood pressure and

optimal circulation, is also regulated by this system. Animal studies

conducted with GLA have revealed the normalization of intercellular

sorbitol levels.

 

Another study of Type 1 diabetics cited favorable

changes in HDL ( " good " cholesterol) and blood platelet adhesiveness

 

In summary, diabetics have been found to possess faulty fatty acid

metabolism which may contribute to the cardiovascular complications

associated with the disease.

 

Scientific research has established the

reduction of certain harmful fats, with the addition of beneficial

fatty acids, may offer a significant breakthrough in combating

diabetic cardiovascular complications with the potential of

significantly lowering health care costs. "

 

The study concluded that all diabetics should be considered for a

dietary protocol of GLA.

 

Other conditions shown to benefit include

high blood pressure, high cholesterol, skin conditions, arthritis,

allergies, weight loss, improved behavior of hyperactive children and

increased strength of hair and nails.

 

 

Cited in the book, Super

Nutrition For Menopause, written by the renowned nutritionist Ann

Louise Gittleman, is one of the most popular applications of GLA

supplementation in the relief of menstrual pain. Sufferers use a

maintenance dose up to the seventh day prior to menstruation, then

double that dose for the duration of their menstruation.

 

Dietary

restrictions of meat, dairy and eggs during this time has also shown

to compliment this regiment. Many would agree with Ms. Gittleman's

credo in allowing mother nature to cure our ails before relying on

synthetic drugs which often come with side effects. "

 

" The degenerative disease epidemic that wracks the nation came

coincidentally with the introduction of engineered fats and oils.

 

It

is the type of fats and oils that we consume that is directly

correlated to the rise of epidemic degenerative disease; it is not

the amount of fats and oils that we eat that causes the problem.

 

It

is by chronically consuming the fats and oils that cause degenerative

disease that we impair our ability to consume healthy fats and oils.

We also impair our ability to consume carbohydrates and thus become

Diabetic and Obese " Thomas Smith, author of Insulin: Our Silent

Killer

 

Learn more about the health benefits of GLA, flaxseed oil and borage

oil

 

Insulin Resistant Diabetes, Hyperinsulinemia, or Insulin Resistant

Hyperinsulinemia

by Thomas Smith

 

Insulin Resistant Diabetes or Hyperinsulinemia is known to the

medical community by the symptoms that it produces. Some of these

symptoms are: Atherosclerosis, Vascular disease, Diabetes type 2,

Impotence, Kidney Failure, Heart Failure, Liver Damage, Stroke,

Obesity, Neuropathy, Retinopathy and Gangrene to name but a few.

Hyperinsulinemia is also thought to be implicated in several forms of

Cancer and in the epidemic of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

Disorder (ADHD) raging through our schools today; although with these

latter two diseases, the evidence while quite compelling is not yet

completely conclusive. As we develop the evidence for these

connections, we will post them on this site.

 

The good news is that although this disease accounts for almost half

of the annual death toll from all causes, it is, in most cases,

curable-

 

permanently, quickly, economically, completely and often

easily and by natural means.

 

That means little or no reliance upon

synthetic designer drugs and no ineffective medical treatments for

symptoms while causal agents remain untreated. It is now possible to

look forward to something other than a rapid decline to invalid

status and an early painful death.

 

To cure Hyperinsulinemia, Type II Diabetes, Syndrome X and many other

consequential diseases that stem from poisonous fats and oils, it is

important to realize that the chronic ingestion of Refined and

Hydrogenated fats and oils is implicated as a causal agent in these

diseases.

 

Margarine, artificial shortenings, refined oils and all

Hydrogenated edible products are long term toxic to the human

metabolism.

 

An important consideration about these edible oils is a

widespread fraudulent advertising technique that enables the oils

manufacturer to sell known toxic oils to the unsuspecting public

without breaking the law.

 

Many refined vegetable oils are advertised

as monounsaturated or as polyunsaturated in order to confuse the

purchaser. From my own research of the scientific literature when I

was forced to find a cure for my own Type II Diabetes, I know that

this Trans configuration is a major cause of Type II Diabetes. I also

know that the complete removal of these toxic fats and oils and the

consumption of therapeutic quantities of the EFA's rapidly leads to

reversal of Type II Diabetes.

 

 

 

 

Defeat Diabetes Without Drugs

by Dr. Julian Whitaker

 

Let's not sugarcoat it: Glucose-lowering drugs can do more harm than

good. The natural therapies used at the Whitaker Wellness Institute

for diabetes help keep blood sugar levels in check without the side

effects of drugs.

 

 

These drugs usually succeed in lowering blood sugar

levels, but may increase the death rate from heart attacks.

 

These

drugs also are associated with weight gain, elevated cholesterol and

triglyceride levels, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain,

drowsiness, and headache. click here to learn more about Dr.

Whitaker's natural therapies for diabetes.

 

Dr. Whitaker's Natural

Blood Sugar Control Program

 

 

Diabetes General Description

Diabetes is a condition related to the pancreatic release of Insulin

into the blood stream. Insulin controls the amount of glucose/sugar

in the blood and the rate at which glucose is metabolized. The cells

of the body need glucose to produce energy.

 

Individuals with diabetes

do not produce the insulin necessary to properly metabolize the

sugars that they eat, causing hyperglycemia, abnormally high blood

sugar levels. Prolonged Hyperglycemia leads to damaged blood vessels,

which may cause eye disease, heart disease, nerve damage/neuropathy

in internal organs and extremities, kidney disease/nephropathy, and

foot ulcers. Learn about the Types of Diabetes, conditions and

holistic treatments

 

 

Natural Treatments for Diabetes by Kathi Head

 

This book discusses which herbs and minerals help control blood sugar

and reduces your need for insulin, which vitamins help prevent heart

and kidney complications, and more. Gives information needed to make

decisions about health needs.

 

The Natural Pharmacist: Natural

Treatments for Diabetes includes up-to-date information on diabetes

and chromium, lipoic acid, evening primrose oil, fenugreek, Gymnema

sylvestre, magnesium, Momordica charantia, Coccinia indica,

Pterocarpus marssupium, niacinamide, bilberry treatments.

 

 

 

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THE BITTER TRUTH ABOUT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS

According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects

of aspartame (Aspartame is the technical name for the brand names,

NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure.), the following

chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of

aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic

fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental

retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.

Sugar Free Products Alert!

 

" I have observed severe intellectual deterioration associated with

the use of aspartame products

(NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful/Canderal/Benevia, etc.) It was usually

manifest as great difficulty in reading and writing, obvious problems

with memory and grossly impaired orientation to time, place and

person. "

 

H. J. Roberts, M.D.

" Aspartame has a profound effect on mood and cognition....depressed

mood, anxiety, dizziness, panic attacks, nausea, irritability,

impairment of memory and concentration. " Ralph Walton, M.D.

(Learn about the Legal class action against aspartame. ) more

 

Satisfying, Natural Healthy Alternative to Sugar

 

Stevia - Naturally Sweet and Healthy. Change Your Life!

Native to Paraguay, Stevia is a herb which has a delicious and

refreshing taste that can be 30 times sweeter than sugar.

 

Stevia is

extremely nutritious containing such vitamins as Magnesium, Niacin,

Potassium, Vitamin C, and more and is used throughout the world as a

no-calorie sweetener and in the U.S. as a dietary supplement.

 

Stevia

is a safe, all-natural alternative to artificial sweeteners and

refined sugar in the diet. It has been used for centuries and

consumed safely in massive quantities world-wide for the past 20

years.

 

The Japanese use it in sugar-free versions of Wrigley's gums

and diet Coke.

 

Recently there have been studies linking stevia

extract with normalization of blood sugar and insulin in diabetics.

In China stevia and stevioside is used in herbal medicines and

toothpaste.

 

In China, Korea and Japan Stevia extract Stevioside is

used as a table top sweetener because it has 0 calories, 0

carbohydrates, 0 fat and is many times sweeter than sugar.

 

Stevia has

no fat, no carbohydrates, making it perfect for diabetics, low-carb

diets, and people with candida. It has undergone dozens of tests

world-wide and was found to be free of toxins.

 

Stevia products

 

Baking with Stevia

 

Fifty-two tested recipes using the white powder Stevia extract.

Contains a full range of dessert and beverage recipes including

muffins, quick breads, cakes, cookies, bars, puddings, pies,

toppings, sauces and more. The book also contains a glossary, baking

tips section, substitution chart, directions for making Stevia

extract, and a resources section.

 

 

 

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Human clinical studies show Fulvic acids offer significant help with

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus stems from dietary deficiency of protective humic

substances, especially fulvic acids.

 

Scientists found that fulvic acids show significant success in

preventing and combating free radical damage to pancratic islet B

cells, which is the widely accepted cause for diabetes mellitus. What

they discovered was that the Fulvic acid preparation significantly

increases superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Their clinical studies

show that fulvic acids diminish the development and progression of

diabetes, and assisted in the treatment. With fulvic acid, diabetes

patients became more energetic and the tingling, painful feeling and

numbness experienced in the nerve endings disappeared or were

reduced.

 

For centuries people living in isolated villages in the

Himalayas and adjoining regions have used preparations made from a

rare fulvic acid containing humic substance known as Shilajit, to

prevent and combat problems with diabetes. Diabetes is quite uncommon

in the isolated mountain villages, yet a brisk trade in these rare

fulvic acid containing preparations has expanded in recent years to

the traditional doctors in surrounding regions. more

 

A NATURAL HERBAL ALTERNATIVE POWDER for DIABETES Type II

Made from Shilajit (mineral pitch) plus 17 bitter tonic, diuretic,

alterative, stimulant and rejuvenative ayurveda herbs in a dry

powdered form.

 

 

Controlling Diabetes Naturally With (Healing With

) by Lynn M. Kuchinski

 

Due to the over-eating of sugars, simple carbohydrates, fats, and

oils coupled with too much stress and too little exercise, millions

of Westerners are afflicted with diabetes. Sufferers of this disease

not only experience the discomforts of fatigue, extreme thirst,

extreme hunger and food cravings, polyuria, mood swings,

irritability, restless leg syndrome, and heart palpitations, they are

also prone to developing blindness, high blood pressure, heart

disease, and non-healing ulcersa dn sores which can lead to

amputation. The bad news is that, because of changes in diet and

lifestyle, the cases of diabetes in developing countries are on the

rise. The good news is that traditional Chinese medicine has many

effective therapies for combating this potentially life-threatening

disease.

 

These include Chinese dietary therapy, acupucnture,

moxibustion, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese self-massage, and a

host of other simple, low or no-cost therapies which have been time-

testd in Asia over 2,000 years. If you or anyone you know suffers

from either hypoglycemia or diabetes, you need the information in

this book.

 

 

 

 

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