DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT "There Is Natural Help for Diabetes"?

Avandia may have survived its recent review by a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee, and it remains on the market available by prescription. But the real questions include whether doctors are willing to go to bat for drug companies to prescribe a medicine with a big black box warning in the Physicians' Desk References that says it causes heart attacks—and are patients willing to take that risk themselves? Is it now bad medicine to prescribe Avandia?

Avandia should be removed from the U.S. market, according to testimony delivered before the FDA advisory committee by the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen. In addition, older diabetes drugs work just as well and present fewer side effects, say experts. Some 18.2 million people in the United States have diabetes, or roughly 6 percent of the population. But another 41 million people have pre-diabetes conditions like obesity, elevated cholesterol, and high blood pressure, and they are also at risk. Often, diabetes goes undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless. Recent studies indicate that the early detection of diabetes symptoms and treatment can decrease the chance of developing the complications of diabetes.

In A Promise Made A Promise Kept, Dr. James Chappell makes the case that herbal medicine has a critical role in blood sugar health and can actually prevent, reduce or eliminate the need for some medical drugs (although anybody with diabetes should consult their physician before changing their diet or prescription, or before using supplements). According to Chappell, many people on Avandia shouldn't need it, if they would follow his entire prescription for health.

After seeing his mother suffer and die from diabetes, Dr. Chappell vowed to research how to prevent this condition from taking over people's lives. Dr. Chappell dedicated 20 years of his life working on that promise, and the result is this 430-page book. The subtitle says it all: One Son's Quest for the Cause and Cure of Diabetes. The book details the “Seven Miracle Elements Scientifically Proven to Cure Diabetes.” According to Dr. Chappell, the number-one herb to take note of is cinnamon. It clearly helps the body to maintain a steady blood sugar level in the blood, which means it is being used by cells efficiently. Cinnamon lowers glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol by rekindling the ability of fat and other cells to react to insulin, which the body produces to facilitate sugar metabolism. Bitter melon has the ability to enhance a cell's uptake of glucose, to promote insulin release, and to control the effect of insulin. Bitter melon lowers triglycerides, normalizes blood-fasting glucose and reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL, the bad) cholesterol. Gymnema sylvestre can lower glucose in type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Gymnema increases cell insulin permeability and causes regeneration and/or revitalization of the residual beta cells in insulin-dependent type I diabetics. Gymnema increases the activity of enzymes responsible for glucose uptake and utilization. Nopal cactus lowers blood sugar levels by blocking absorption of sugar in the intestinal tract. It lowers overall cholesterol levels, improves the ratio of high density lipoprotein (HDL, the good) cholesterol to LDL cholesterol and lowers triglycerides by preventing the conversion of blood sugar into fat and by eliminating excess bile acids, which would ultimately be converted to cholesterol. American ginseng improves diabetes control, reducing associated risk factors, such as high blood cholesterol and blood pressure, and ameliorating insulin resistance. It has demonstrated ability to modulate the rate of absorption of nutrients from the small bowel. Fenugreek stimulates insulin synthesis from the pancreatic Islets of Langerhans cells. Obviously, consumers are now going to be wary of the dangerous side effects of Avandia. Hopefully, they will also obtain information like that provided by Dr. Chappell that shows them a superb pathway to health involving taking time to be healthy, in addition to focusing attention on what he considers to be good medicine.

When cinnamon is combined with six other ancient wonders for maintaining healthy blood sugar levels—including Gymnema sylvestre, Nopal cactus, American ginseng, fenugreek, bitter melon and chromium picolinate (a mineral)—you have nearly seven grams of good “medicine” for anyone who wants to maintain their already healthy blood sugar levels.

Resources Cinnamon 6, the formula approved and inspired by Dr. Chappell, is available at health food stores and natural food markets nationwide as well as online. Visit www.coralcalcium.com or call (800) 882-9577.
From the doctors' prescription for healthy living

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