Diabetes-i've had for 14 yrs and am sick of insulin and pills ruining my stomach.?

A woman at the store gave me a pill i could get at healthfood store.I wrote it down and lost it and she said it worked and only cost about $13 a mo.Anyone know what it is? Thanks

Hmm, the last guy {abaca...} was harsh, I think she means a herbal supplement that can be taken complementery to the insulin, if not, then this is indeed dangerous for your health, without insulin you will most likely fall into a coma.

Anyhow, what can complementery medicine do for you. You did not mention whether it is type I or II diabetes. In either case the following will help, {which must be taken complementery/with your insulin medication}:

- Replace table sugar with Xylitol, this has a Gylceamic Index value of 8, whereas Sugar has a GI of 64.

- Cinnamon - this spice has been shown to reduce blood-sugar levels, consume a spoonful with meals.

- Bitter Melon, this is officially used in the Phillipines Health Care System, and is prescribed by doctors there, to regulate blood-sugar levels.

- Eat lots of Oats- they contain beta-glucan which is a powerful anti-diabetic nutrient

- Chromium - this works with insulin to help it bind to hormone receptor sites on the plasma membranes of cells. Chromium also helps prevent the shape of insulin being deformed, and chromium also is in the make-up of the insulin receptors on cell membranes. 400-600mcg of Chromium per day

Read Dr. Hulda Clark's book 'Cure for all diseases' she claims diabetes is caused by a microorganism, and that it can be cured, although i do not own the book, nor have i any experience with her protocols.

Consider also, Gerson Therapy, this therapy has claimed to cure everything from TB, multiple sclerosis, to terminal cancers. This may work for diabetes also, it is worth looking into.

Hope this helps.

If you have to take insulin shots, and you want to quit the shots because "a woman at the store gave me a pill" and you want to take the pills because "she said it worked".

YOU BLOODY FOOL you won't be "sick of insulin", you will be sick because of no insulin and quite probably dead because of no insulin.

If there was a pill that worked for $13 a month, every insurance company in the USA would be demanding that you stop insulin and take the pill.

Two other nutrients are extremely lacking in diabetic's nutritional profiles are manganese (5-10mg daily) and vanadium, (taken as vanadyl sulfate), so this would be a good place to start as well.

Vitamin A (w/ carotenoids, 15,000IU's daily. Do not exceed 10,000IU's if you're pregnant or could be.), Vitamin C (w/bioflavonoids3,000-6,000mg/day) & Vitamin E (Use the natural d-alpha-tocopherol form. 400IU's and up, daily)

GTC Chromium or Chromium picolinate is also strongly recommended.

Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is strongly recommended and is used for the treatment of "peripheral nerve damage in diabetic patients. Helps control blood sugar levels. Garlic is excellent for this same purpose and enhances immune system functioning as well, which is a great thing b/c having diabetes makes one much more susceptible to colds, flus, viruses, whatever's going around.

L-carnitine (which mobilizes fat) and L-glutamine (reduces the cravings for sugar) plus taurine (auds in the release of insulin) are 3 amino acids you should find helpful.

All of this information was taken from Balch and Balch's Prescription for Nutritional Healing which is the best $25 I've ever spent in my life. There are many, many recommendations in the section on Diabetes. If you do not have this book and want more information, please email me, and I will forward the info to you. It has helped me a LOT! I've been a diabetic for 20 years now, and have managed to stave off almost all symptoms except I'm getting some neuropathy in my feet now. No kidney involvement, no retinal involvement, so things are okay, and can only get better.

I don't know what it is, but I do recommend a specific web site and e mail my friend who's son has Type 1 diabetes, which sounds like what you have, because it doesn't sound like adult onset (Type 2) based upon your question.

If I'm wrong, let me know.

Anyway, back to an answer that may help you... Please e mail my friend who is a health care practitioner and ask her the same question and she will reply.

Her web site is http://www.spice-of-life.com and maybe click on the link that says "articles" where she offers information on type 1 diabetes and cutting edge insulin eyelit transplantation so that type one's are no longer insulin dependent on pills and shots.

Take care.