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Load yourself with Nutrients
Vegetable is good for health
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The problem with diabetes is not just the high blood glucose level, but also the lack of sufficient nutrients to protect the cells and organs from damage, and to re-sensitise the cells to insulin.
To prevent and treat diabetes, you will need loads of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, co-enzymes, phytonutrients, fibre and probiotics (friendly bacteria).
If your diet is nutrient dense, you will already have much of these. If not, you will have to reply on supplements to provide these healing nutrients.
Antioxidants, vitamins and minerals together protect the cells from free radicals and other elements prevalent in the diabetic patient. Free radicals are the main culprint in diabetic complications, by causing cellular injury, and gradual closure of the micro-circulation (the smallest blood vessels - arterioles, capillaries and venules).
As a result, nerves malfunction, healing and immune mechanisms are thwarted, clogging of arteries by cholesterol plaquens become rampant, and the whole body suffers.
My prescription includes taking as many of the antioxidant cascade as possivle, with other important vitamins and minerals, Fibre helps regulate glucose absorption, apart from ensuring a healthy bowel.
Probiotics is a major component in my fight against infections in diabetics (and non-diabetics). The role of probiotics in helping diabetics is only now being slowly realised. They also improve many other aspect of health. for insurance, I insist diabetics take these in supplements to ensure they get sufficient amounts, especially if their diet is not perfect (which is the usual case anyway).
In the next article, I will share how qigong and other measures can help prevent and fight diabetes.
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