If the patient’s blood sugar is elevated, such changes cannot be ignored. He needs not only urgent treatment, for which you can use both pharmacy and natural medicines, but also adjust the daily menu. The following details how to lower blood sugar by folk remedies for a man and a woman.
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Folk recipes for lowering blood sugar
"Grandmother's" recipes to combat the issue under discussion are safe and tested for years. They will become both an excellent addition to the traditional drug treatment of diabetes, as an effective independent tool if the disease is not started or the patient has only a short-term increase in glucose levels, for example, due to stress.
Effective remedies with herbs
Various herbs in the form of decoctions, infusions, tea, etc. are capable of lowering sugar. Among them, the well-known nettle, blueberry leaves, linden flowers, as well as lavrushka (leaves), clover, bean leaves, dandelion. Any of these plants can be used to prepare the infusion. Two large spoons of crushed raw materials are poured into a glass of boiling water. The mixture is left at room temperature for a couple of hours, after which it is carefully filtered. The finished product is used 3 times a day for 1/3 of a standard glass.
It is worth remembering that all parts of burdock and dandelion (especially the roots) are composed of inulin. Therefore, these plants should be included in herbal preparations to reduce blood sugar. Herbal teas with young currant leaves, hawthorn, and wild rose are very effective in combating this problem.Inulin (the "relative" of insulin) also has chicory in its composition, so it will be useful for the patient to include drinks from it in the daily diet.
It is interesting: beneficial properties and contraindications of chicory
You can independently prepare an effective herbal collection. For this, 4 parts of corn stigmas, burdock roots, blueberry and lingonberry leaves, 2 parts of dried cinnamon, mint leaves and St. John's wort (herbs), 1 part of wild rose berries are used. Dry raw materials mix well. Two large spoons of the resulting mixture are poured 1.5 boiling water. The ingredients are transferred to a thermos, where they are infused for at least 9-10 hours.
The finished product is drunk after filtering 1/3 cup three times a day for 20 minutes before a hearty meal. The full course of treatment lasts 60-90 days.
If the patient has a temporary increase in sugar level as a result of stress, then in this case the herbs will help him. Dry raw materials are mixed in equal parts - fireweed, valerian and motherwort. A large collection spoon is poured with 600 ml of boiling water. After two hours of infusion, the product is filtered and drunk throughout the day in three portions. The full course of treatment is 90 minutes. Such a tool is an effective prevention of diabetes.
To maintain normal rates, include salads with herbs in your daily diet. For example, with nettles, woodlice, burdock roots, dandelion leaves and some others.
Vegetable and fruit juices
Juices from fresh vegetables, fruits and berries reduce sugar very quickly and effectively. The most effective of them were the following: tomato, cabbage, potato, pear, raspberry drink and made from Jerusalem artichoke.
It is very important to use not store options, but exclusively home-made freshly squeezed juices. The resulting juice can be diluted with water. If the patient does not manage to force himself to drink the resulting composition in its pure form, you can dilute it with water and other more familiar options. For example, combine potato juice with a carrot component or even use them as a dressing for a vegetable / fruit salad.
Blood sugar lowering foods
There are many known products that lower blood sugar. Simply include them in your menu to achieve the desired result.
The list of such products was very extensive:
- The leading place in it is occupied by seafood, which contains almost no carbohydrates, but a lot of healthy protein. These are shrimps, and mussels, and squids, and octopuses, and others.
- Any fresh greens and green vegetables have a low glycemic index. Therefore, the emphasis must be placed on asparagus, zucchini, spinach, cucumbers, cabbage of various kinds. Of vegetables of a different color, you should choose beets, eggplant, radishes, tomatoes and sweet peppers.
- Of the fruits, all citrus fruits are the leader in lowering blood sugar. For example, grapefruits can increase the positive effects of insulin on the patient's body. Avocado has a similar property. In order for apples to positively affect glucose levels, they must be consumed with the peel.
- Various cereals, as well as legumes, cereals and nuts, have a positive effect on the decrease in sugar indicators. Especially peas, lentils, beans, oatmeal, pumpkin seeds.
- Properly selected spices and other additives to dishes can quickly adjust sugar levels. For this purpose, ginger, vinegar, mustard, cinnamon, garlic are used.
How to reduce folk remedies during pregnancy?
Pregnant women experience jumps in blood glucose levels. Serious hormonal changes in the body lead to a decrease in insulin sensitivity. Since a serious increase in the blood sugar level of the future mother can negatively affect the baby’s health, it is worth monitoring this indicator for all 9 months.
First of all, a woman should adjust her daily menu, replacing sweets in it with dried fruits, honey, fresh fruits and berries. Pastries and potatoes can be eaten, but in a minimal amount. You must include the products from the previous paragraph in your diet.
It is very important that the life of a pregnant woman has moderate exercise. For example, daily walking, swimming or yoga. You should carefully monitor your drinking regimen - use enough water.
Of the folk remedies for lowering the sugar level, not all are allowed to the expectant mother. For example, from herbs for making tea, you can use only those that do not have a diuretic effect. This, for example, bay leaves. From vegetable juices, you can use potato, cabbage and beetroot-carrot composition.
Exercise for diabetes
Sports for diabetes are necessary in connection with the characteristics of the course of the disease and the causes of its occurrence. They are relevant for any type of illness. Physical exercises save the patient from obesity, accelerate the process of processing glucose into energy and do not allow it to accumulate in the body, increasing sugar levels. Even with a violation of the diet, it is sports that will reduce the negative effect of this.
In addition, physical exercises tone the vessels, reduce the rate of damage to the nervous system and the development of angiopathy. The main thing is not to execute them uncontrollably.
In order for sports to not harm diabetes, you must follow these rules:
- Do not exercise on an empty or full stomach.
- You need to start sports training with minimal loads, gradually increasing them.
- It’s best not to do it daily, but every other day.
- The optimal training duration is 20-30 minutes.
- Exercise should be abandoned if the sugar level has exceeded 14 mmol.
- You should take easily digestible carbohydrates with you for training in the event that in the process of training a large amount of glucose will be converted into energy.
Symptoms and causes of high blood sugar
Signs of high glucose do not appear immediately. Usually in the early stages, the symptoms are subtle and the patient does not pay much attention to them.
Consult a doctor and pass the appropriate tests in the following cases:
- with constant severe thirst and dry mouth;
- with a decrease in appetite and malfunctions in the digestive tract;
- with a sharp decrease or increase in weight;
- with tingling in the fingers, numbness of the limbs, skin itching;
- with frequently occurring headache and dizziness;
- with a decrease in vision;
- with frequent urination and profuse sweating;
- with a decrease in performance and a constant feeling of fatigue;
- with a violation of blood supply and microcirculation in the limbs.
In women, dry skin, itching in the area of intimate places, allergic skin rashes, and poorly healing wounds can be identified as additional symptoms. And in men - severe itching in the groin or anus, inflammation redder than the flesh as a result of frequent visits to the toilet.
Of course, the main reason for the increase in blood sugar is the development of diabetes. But she is far from the only one. The same result can be caused by eating foods with a high content of simple carbohydrates by a healthy person, a complete lack of physical activity or insufficient amounts of alcohol, the intake of large quantities of alcoholic beverages, severe stress and other disorders of the nervous system.
As already noted above, the cause of a change in the glucose level in a woman can be hormonal changes that began during pregnancy. The premenstrual syndrome also falls into the same list for the fair sex.
Sometimes the cause of the problem are diseases of the liver, pancreas and endocrine system. The use of hormonal contraceptives and diuretics can increase sugar.
