Help in Maintaining Blood Sugar Level

Clyde,
If you overindulge there are other things you can do to help lower your sugar as well. A Tablespoon of psyllium fiber in a glass of water will even out a sugar spike. Vigourous exercise will help as well. The best thing to do is not overindulge... But I know how difficult that is.

Anyway, welcome to Healingwell. We're all about learning new stuff about diabetes and sharing techniques so thank you for what works for you.

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Jeannie, Thanks for the advice about psyllium, will check it out too! And my doctor said to consult him before taking anything else, but he seems ok with the tea as long as I still do my regular meds and continue walking. i showed him the box and he said its ok.

My fasting blood sugar was at about 156-190 but after about three weeks went dwn to 140, then 120. Im keeping at the 92-110 range these days =). it sometimes goes higher on my cheat days, haha. anyway the Bitter melon tea is what i drink after meals (i think they also have it in capsules but i only tried the tea). I drink about a liter a day, with or without ice. I pretty much follwed the instructions, which was to drink it after every meal. i dont mind drinking tea so it wasnt hard to follow regulrly.
I agree that many suplements dont work well, or work less than others says as i've tried a few myself. i have relatives and friends working from other countries and they are all looking for anything that might help. my cousin recommended this to me and this tea is helping though i also wasnt confident at first but i can say the tea works for me because i check my blood sugar level. ive been drinking it for over two months now.

Clyde

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I'm not so familiar with research and stuff but i have tried a few herbs and remedies some very strange ones too, haha! that my friends and relatives would send me. My asian chinese and filipino coworkers say they also let their diabetics drink the tea for blood sugar and eat the bitter melon fruit and have offred some recipies. for omelet and others i think. i'll try them out but they warned me that it was really bitter. the tea tastes fine though and i get it in tea bags easy...

I'll just hang around and read up on the past stuff on this forum. im new to forums and never thought there would be so many active people! Thanks again!

Pop,
Psyllium fiber is what is found in Metamucil or other fiber/bulk laxatives (that people take to mantain bowel regularity). The study that I participated in at Michigan State University was only for Type 2 diabetics. I do not know if it would have any affect on your blood sugar. It basically slows the absorption time of carbohydrates in the small intestine and helps prevent the after-meal spike in blood glucose that many type 2's experience. It does not prevent the carbs from being absorbed... just slows down the absorption so there isn't a huge amount of carb available at one time.

Hope this helps.

This is all great information - but is there something out there that will help maintain blood sugar levels from droping to low, or stop the sudden crashing from a spike, which seems to be happening all the time.

I heard that chromium may help - yes?

Gary

I am not sure what you mean by re-post - but I have as of late been suffering from Hypoglycemia - low blood sugars

thanks,
Gary