Controlling blood sugar can sometimes be done by exercise, diet and some supplements. Avoiding simple carbs, too many carbs, eating several small meals a day, and supplementing with fenugreek, alpha lipoic acid, chromium-vanadium, and some others in a balanced way could help. If they need insulin, it is unlikely they are a simple type II diabetic. Going forward they need to do frequent blood glucose tests, including probably the 5 hour hypoglyemic test.
Few people cannot do exercise. Rowing machines, bowflex. swimming, static tension exercise, walking. Unless they are bed ridden it is hard to imagine a person who cannot do the basics. If they have intermittent claudication, or arrythmia, they may benefit by a regime of 2000 mcgs B12, 2 mgs folate, doses of COQ10, B6, B1, zinc, Quercetin, 1000 mgs magnesium, and appropriate varying doses of no flush niacin/pantethine, garlic, celery, willow bark, and balanced gamma vitamin E. (400 - 800 IU's)
Coumadin has a stabilizing effect on the heart but it is dangerous to take it with aspirin, dark chocoloate, and garlic. Vitamin E has no effect in general. No flush niacin should not effect a diabetic, but some physicians fear its possible complicating effects. In fact there is almost no clinical support for this conclusion. Pantethine is not in this category and may be an acceptable substitute.
A type two diabetic must lose weight. It's that simple. They must adjust diet, avoid vegetable oils, inorganic pastries and bread, (high fructose sweeteners put on weight and veg oils and insecticides interfere with arterial health. ) -- cut out sugars and carbs. Fruit is beneficial, as it is high fibre and will not cause an insulin reaction.
A program to reduce reactive hypoglycemia should be undertaken with the help of a physician and naturopath. It may not be measurable with a fasting blood glucose test. I recommend reading Michael T. Murray's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine on this subject.
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