Over the past year or so, I’ve gotten the same question many times: what are natural remedies for diabetes? I’ve taken my time answering it directly because it is a condition with many variables, and I have been studying and researching everything. However, after so long of “doing my homework”, I have found 5 very good natural remedies that can help. Most all of these can be done in conjunction with current medication, or can be done alone to help keep your levels manageable.

Of course, be sure to discuss anything with your doctor. Do NOT stop taking medication if you are currently on any for diabetes. Even when you see improvement, talk to your doctor before making a decision like that.

1. Karela Melon

This little tropical melon is one of the best home remedies for diabetes there is. It gets a lot of attention, and if you can buy it at your local stores, I’d recommend picking it up. For three months continuously, prepare a dish of the bitter melon in ghee. Have this dish once a day. This will definitely help in bringing the blood sugar to a manageable level.

2. Apple Cider Vinegar

This is a cure I was originally informed of by my grandmother, who has diabetes. The best thing about this remedy is it can be tailored like crazy. You can take 4 times a day, or just 1. You can even change the recipe to suit you. The generic recipe is 8 - 10 oz of water or tea with 2 tablespoons(about 2 oz) of Apple Cider Vinegar. Take it twice daily with a meal or alone. It of course will be a bit bitter, and if sweetening is necessary, use Stevia or natural fruit juices. NEVER use aspartme!

–Side note: A member of my mailing list also clued me in to another sweetener: cinnamon. This is a double-whammy, because it helps the taste and cinnamon is yet another excellent diabetes remedy. Thanks Randy!

3. Grapefruit juice.

This is widely used, however I advise caution. It can and does help many, but it can also react with some medications. If you are treating your diabetes completely naturally, then eating or drinking grapefruit regularly is a must. If you are on any medication, please speak with your doctor before using grapefruit as a remedy.

4. Ginseng

Ginseng is most definitely a wonder. It is recommended to improve mental clarity, anti-aging, menopause, diabetes, and much more. This is something I would tell everyone to take -not just those with diabetes or another condition. It is simply one of nature’s power foods. 150mg daily dosage is enough to lower glucose levels and keep them low.

5. Black Raisins

Slightly bitter, these fruits can help immensely when used regularly. The best way to use them as a remedy for diabetes is to soak a handful of them in water overnight. In the morning, strain the water out into a glass. Drink the water that is obtained. This is a wonderful remedy for controlling the glucose levels. Do this as often as you like, but at least three times a week.

One of the greatest things about these 5 remedies for diabetes is they don’t take up your day. You don’t need to stand around preparing a juice concoction or specific meal. You can integrate them into your daily routine with hardly any effort.

Nowadays we are living in a fast paced society.?We need fast food, fast information, fast results and quick success. Now you must be thinking that where this article is dragging you; as you are here to have some information about blurred vision - a warning signs of diabetes. Can you imagine each day more and more people are losing either a part of their vision or full eyesight, as diabetes is becoming an epidemic?

How we will be able to compete the targets of fast paced world with blurred vision??

In the United States of America diabetes is the major culprit of blurred vision. American Academy of Opthalmology has released a report showing that a person is at 25% increased risk of having blurred vision or losing his eyesight if he is suffering from diabetes. Have you seen this figure? It is 25%. Of course it is scary!?

In the initial stages of diabetes, the blurriness in vision comes and fades away as the blood sugar levels get worse or improve. But with the passage of time high levels of blood sugar start to destruct blood vessels at the back of retina. If a person is suffering from diabetes for a longer period his chances of getting a blurry vision are also higher. A large percentage of diabetics are not aware of their medical condition because the signs of diabetes are so harmless and unnoticeable in the start that they are unable to diagnose their medical condition.

If the blood sugar is poorly controlled in the initial years, it will lead to a blurry vision and finally to complete vision loss.

There are many potential complications of diabetes. The four most common are heart disease (hardening of the arteries), nephropathy (kidney damage), neuropathy (nerve damage), and retinopathy (eye damage). Treating diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol to recommended treatment will help to prevent these complications.

HEART DISEASE

The most common complication of diabetes and the leading cause of death in people with diabetes is heart disease or hardening of the arteries. Screening for heart disease is done differently than screening for kidney, eye, and nerve damage in that we do not specifically screen the heart. Instead, it is recommended that we screen for and treat the risks factors for heart disease. It would be impractical, expensive, and unreliable; for example, to perform a stress test designed to diagnose heart disease on all people with diabetes. Thus, we screen for the six major risk factors for heart disease:

1. Diabetes

2. High blood pressure

3. High cholesterol

4. Smoking

5. Family history (having an aunt, uncle, parent, child or sibling with premature or early heart disease, which includes heart attacks, angioplasty, stent placements or coronary artery bypass grafting before the age of 60)

6. Age (men greater than age 45 and women greater than age 55).

Once any of these risk factors are identified, we need to then treat them to the recommended treatment goals.

NEPHROPATHY (KIDNEY DAMAGE)

Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure leading to dialysis in the United States. Screening for diabetic nephropathy consists of having your urine tested for microalbumin on a yearly basis. Microalbumin is the name for microscopic proteins that are found in the urine when the kidneys are damaged by poorly controlled diabetes, and can be detected by a simple urine test. Testing for blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) are blood tests that evaluate kidney function, and should be done on a routine basis.

NEUROPATHY (NERVE DAMAGE)

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy most commonly occurs in the feet. Since the nerves that travel from your brain to your feet and vice versa are the longest nerves in your body, they are the nerves mostly likely to be damaged by poorly controlled diabetes. The best way to screen for diabetic nerve damage is having your feet examined on a regular basis. Take your shoes and socks off when you visit your primary care provider so your feet can be thoroughly examined. You should have a specific test called monofilament testing which evaluates your feet for normal touch sensation.

RETINOPATHY (EYE DAMAGE)

It is sad to say but diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in America. I truly believe that blindness related to diabetes is nearly completely preventable with good control of glucoses, good blood pressure control, and yearly screening. Screening for retinopathy is done by having a yearly eye exam that includes dilating your eyes with eye drops and looking in the back of your eyes. What the eye doctor is examining are the small blood vessels in the retina (the back of your eyes) that can be damaged from poorly controlled diabetes. The vision testing done during the exam is merely an extra-added bonus.

The take home message is: it very important to screen for the common complications of diabetes, so that any problems can be identified early or, ideally, prevented.?