| High blood pressure is a condition that has the | | | | lower the blood sugar levels. They are good in |
| potential to be quite a health risk. Therefore, it is | | | | protecting the blood vessels from the damaging |
| essential for anyone suffering from high blood | | | | effects of diabetes and other diseases. |
| pressure to follow the advice a health care | | | | Neem leaves - Extracts from neem leaves and bitter |
| professional or a qualified naturopath before relying | | | | gourd, it is believed, help in controlling blood sugar |
| entirely on remedies other than prescription drugs. | | | | levels, provided they are consumed on a long term |
| Similarly, for controlling blood sugar, while you may | | | | and regular basis. |
| try alternative remedies, you should always take | | | | For controlling blood pressure, you should first take |
| your doctor's advice about reducing the intake of (or | | | | care of your nutrition. Avoiding meat and dairy |
| stopping) prescription drugs. | | | | products will help. In doing so, you can reduce your |
| Silymarin for blood sugar - Antioxidants are known to | | | | cholesterol too. Eat an abundance of fruits, especially |
| be beneficial in controlling blood sugar. Silymarin, | | | | those kinds that do not aggravate your blood sugar |
| (silybum marianum) a herbal extract taken from the | | | | levels, in case you are a diabetic as well. |
| seeds of Milk Thistle, has wonderful antioxidant | | | | The best thing that can really work for lowering your |
| properties that work in this manner. By taking | | | | blood pressure is drinking a lot of plain water while |
| Silymarin, you can reduce your blood sugar levels | | | | avoiding consuming soft drinks, particularly those that |
| quite significantly. Silymarin contains the active | | | | are processed drinks and those that contain sugar. It |
| ingredients called flavolignans, which help the liver | | | | is better to avoid coffee as well. The best |
| from poisoning. They also are believed to help in | | | | advantage with water is that it does not produce |
| controlling Type 2 Diabetes, although the exact | | | | any side effects at all. |
| mechanism as to how they do it is still not clear. | | | | The next thing you can do is to minimize your intake |
| Mulberry leaf Morus - mulberry leaf is chock full of | | | | of common salt or sodium. Better yet, just avoid salt |
| Vitamin A and the B family of vitamins. It also | | | | altogether in your food. Table salt is processed |
| contains pectin, adenine and choline. Chinese make | | | | sodium chloride and is found in high quantities in |
| and consume 'sugar control herbal tea' made from | | | | processed and pre-packaged foods. |
| morus, green tea and jasmine in order to control | | | | If you start with only fresh fruits, vegetables, meats |
| blood sugar levels. | | | | and whole grains, you won't have a problem lowering |
| Vaccinium berries - Herbs that include huckleberries, | | | | your sodium intake. If you cannot avoid salt intake |
| blueberries and bilberries belong to the genus | | | | altogether in cooking, you can perhaps use sea salt |
| Vaccinium. Bilberries are rich in antioxidants and are | | | | or "Celtic salt", whose molecules are quite complex, |
| said to control blood sugar levels. Both the leaves and | | | | and so it is not harmful like table salt is. It is also |
| the fruit of the bilberry herb have long been in use | | | | difficult to find low-salt foods at restaurants due to |
| for the treatment of diabetes. However, as the | | | | the high volume of prepared and frozen foods they |
| leaves do impair the normal working of the liver | | | | buy before they even begin making your dish in the |
| when used for a long time, it is better not to use the | | | | restaurant. |
| bilberry leaves at all. But the berries of the bilberry | | | | Following any or all of this advice will help to control |
| herb are very useful, even if they may not actually | | | | blood sugar and blood pressure the natural way. |