ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2010) — Emodin, a natural product that can be extracted from various Chinese herbs including Rheum palmatum and Polygonum cuspidatum, shows promise as an agent that could reduce the impact of type 2 diabetes. Findings published in this month’s edition of the British Journal of Pharmacology show that giving emodin to mice with diet-induced obesity lowered blood glucose and serum insulin, improved insulin resistance and lead to more healthy levels of lipid in the blood. It also decreased body weight and reduced central fat mass.

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If you are newly diagnosed with diabetes type 2, here is a guide that helps you through The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (First Year, The).

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The common cooking spice turmeric may help prevent against Type 2 diabetes, as well as reducing the dangerous inflammation associated with obesity, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center, published in the journal Endocrinology and presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in San Francisco.

The effect is believed to come from curcumin, a key ingredient in turmeric that is known to function as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.

“It’s too early to tell whether increasing dietary curcumin – via turmeric – intake in obese people with diabetes will show a similar benefit,” researcher Drew Tortoriello said. “Although the daily intake of curcumin one might have to consume as a primary diabetes treatment is likely impractical, it is entirely possible that lower dosages of curcumin could nicely complement our traditional therapies as a natural and safe treatment.”

The researchers fed high doses of dietary curcumin to obese male mice that had been fed a high-fat diet and to obese female mice that had been bred to be deficient in the appetite-regulating hormone leptin. Mice that were fed the curcumin experienced a small but statistically significant decrease in body weight and body fat percentage, even though their diet had not changed. They exhibited improved glucose tolerance and blood sugar levels, indicating a reduced risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. They also showed lower levels of inflammation in their fat tissue and livers.

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blueberries, grains/ oats, mango

• Blueberries contain myrtillin, a substance that reduces blood sugar much like insulin does. Therefore, you can make an anti-diabetes tea from blueberries by steeping 1 tsp of cut, dried blueberry leaves in a cup of hot water until lukewarm. Drink a cup of this tea four times daily. WARNING: This tea needs to be used three to four times daily and on a regular basis, or else the glucose levels in the blood will soar instead of fall !
• Oats and other cereal grains can be called the “miracle food” for diabetics as the significantly drop the amount of insulin needed each day. Consider an oatmeal, Grape Nuts and All Bran diet if you are diabetic.
• Tea from mango leaves is said to help with diabetic retinopathy as well as diabetic angiopathy. Drink a cup of the tea, each day, and add 2 tbsps of either papaya, mango or guava juice to it. To make the tea, pick 2 medium size mango leaves and let them dry on a clean cloth for a day. While still a little moist, cut them in inch-size pieces and place them in 1 quart of boiling water. Cover, remove from heat, let steep for an hour; then strain and drink 2 cups a day for three successive days.