Re: [SPAM] nutritional supplements, herbs

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Gene wrote:

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> On occasion, I've read about some herbal treatments for diabetes.

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My husband has tried the multiple vit/min, chromium, ALA, Vit, E, fish

oil, flax seed meal, carnitine, CoQ10, magnesium, psyllium, ginseng,

bitter melon, Gymnema, olive leaf and vanadium, oh and also cinnamon.

None of these has lowered his BS.

Amber

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>> On occasion, I've read about some herbal treatments for diabetes.

>> ... Comments about any of this?

It's a matter of individuality. We all react differently. I have found

that some of those things help me. Some help with blood glucose and

nothing else. Others help with other things but not blood glucose. And

some just disappear into me without any obvious reaction at all.

With a few, like magnesium, I discovered years after the first trial

that I was wasn't using nearly enough of the stuff to have an effect on

me. And now that I have to take lots of calcium and actonel to build my

bones, I need even larger amounts of magnesium -- but that is me only,

and might not apply to others.

There are mighty few shortcuts to controlling diabetes. We each have to

do all the work over again to see how things work for us.

Patty

T1, 1998, diet/exercise

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> Patty

> T1, 1998, diet/exercise

Patty -

Am I reading this the right way? You're a Type 1 diabetic since

1998 and you are able to control it with diet and exercise? I

thought all types 1 diabetics produce no insulin at all?!?!

HOW do you do it???

Barbara

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No, I was tired and I couldn't remember what to type at the end of my

message.

Sorry.

It will probably happen again.

Patty

bwestberg01 wrote:

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>>Patty

>>T1, 1998, diet/exercise

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> Patty -

> Am I reading this the right way? You're a Type 1 diabetic since

> 1998 and you are able to control it with diet and exercise? I

> thought all types 1 diabetics produce no insulin at all?!?!

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> HOW do you do it???

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> Barbara

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