Survival Health - Alternate Treatment - Diabetes

One of the worst things that can happen during a disaster or crisis situation is to suddenly find yourself without needed medications. One of the main conditions that affect more than 20 million people in our country is diabetes. Conventional treatment depends upon insulin, which requires refrigeration. The loss of power when the grid goes down could limit your treatment options very quickly. There is also the real possibility that medical services may be strained to capacity or non-existent, as seen recently during Hurricane Ike.

A little known seed may help in solving the problem of having an alternate source of treatment is Fenugreek seeds. Fenugreek seeds are used by many different cultures in the preparation of different food items and meals. Fenugreek seeds are extremely safe to consume. The only persons who might have problems are those with nut allergies. If you are allergic to nuts you should avoid the use of Fenugreek seeds.

Fenugreek seeds might help in your search for alternatives to replace important diabetes medications should they become unfit due to a lack of proper storage conditions or simply become unavailable for use.

Here is a brief excerpt about Fenugreek seeds:

“Supplements of fenugreek seeds were shown to lower serum cholesterol, triglyceride, and low-density lipoprotein in human patients and experimental models of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia (Basch et al., 2003). Several human intervention trials demonstrated that the antidiabetic effects of fenugreek seeds ameliorate most metabolic symptoms associated with type-1 and type-2 diabetes in both humans and relevant animal models (Basch et al., 2003; Srinivas, 2005). Fenugreek is currently available commercially in encapsulated forms and is being prescribed as dietary supplements for the control of hypercholesterolemia and diabetes by practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine.”

Read the entire article here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenugreek

You can get additional information about diabetes here:

http://www.pdrhealth.com/disease/disease-categories/disease-categories-index.aspx?diseaseCategoryID=15&diseaseCategoryName=Diabetes

As with any alternative to modern medications , you should always do your homework and to be completely safe, consult your physician before deciding on a course of action.

Read about some precautions to take here:

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drugs/altmed/altmed-mono.aspx?contentFileName=ame0071.xml&contentName=Fenugreek&contentId=234

The time to find alternatives to maintain your health and well-being is before a disaster and not afterwards. An alternative treatment may not be available if and when it is needed.

Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker