Ayurvedic Herbs for Diabetes - A Purely Natural Way to Control Sugar Levels.

Diabetes has almost become an epidemic in today's world, as it is a disorder that affects the way your body uses food for energy. Whatever sugar you take is generally broken down into a simple sugar called glucose. This glucose circulates within the blood and enters into the cells with the help of insulin. Insulin is a hormone, made within the beta cells of the pancreas. Due to sedentary lifestyle and genetic predisposition, the beta cells are not able to produce enough insulin, which is a key for glucose to enter the cells. This glucose that keeps on circulating within the blood consistently later becomes 'Diabetes'.

Now to understand 'Diabetes' is detail, let us focus on its stages.

Pre-Diabetes:

It is a condition in which the cells of the body becomes resistant to insulin or pancreas is not producing as much insulin as required. Your blood glucose levels are higher than the normal, but not high enough to be called diabetes. It is also known as "impaired fasting glucose" or "impaired glucose tolerance". Every individual who has a diabetic father or mother must go for a glucose tolerance test or GTT. It can help in diagnosing the pre-diabetic condition. A diagnosis of pre-diabetes is a warning sign that diabetes will develop later.

Type-I Diabetes

In the case of Type-I (Insulin Dependent Diabetes), the person can't make any insulin. Type-I most often occurs before age 30 but may strike at any age. The pancreas produces very little or no insulin anymore. Frequent insulin injections become a need for Type-I. However, there are certain herbs like 'Salacia oblonga' and 'Pterocarpus marsupium' which are useful even in Type-I diabetes.

Type-II Diabetes

People suffering from diabetes Type-II have enough insulin, but their cells have become resistant to it. This type of diabetes has become very common everywhere around the world. The most important reason for the cells to become resistant to insulin is a sedentary lifestyle which is being followed by modern age people. 95% of all diabetes cases are Type-II. So the only way to prevent diabetes is to change the lifestyle, which is the basic theory of Ayurveda to fight any disease.

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