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Alpha Lipoic Acid is soluble in both fat and water. It is capable of regenerating several other antioxidants back to their active states, including vitamin C, vitamin E, glutathione, and coenzyme Q10. ALA has several benefits for people with diabetes. It enhances glucose uptake in type 2 adult onset diabetes, inhibits formation of AGEs (advanced glycation end products). ALA has been used to improve diabetic nerve damage and reduce pain associated with that nerve damage. Take 300-600mg of  the proper form of Alpha Lipoic Acid daily. Read More

New Paradigms in Diabetic Care also examines inflammation and how magnesium is the medical weapon of choice to cut the inflammatory reaction at its source.”If we can block or disarm this macrophage inflammatory pathway in humans, we could interrupt the cascade that leads to insulin resistance and diabetes,” said Jerrold Olefsky, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs. Read More

Doctors who prescribe high dose iodine therapy for other diseases such as breast cancer, are finding that iodine can lower insulin and oral anti-diabetic drug requirements in their diabetic patients, sometimes to the point of their not needing any anti-diabetic medication at all. Iodine is needed for proper glucose metabolism and… Read More

When Dr. Jerry Nadler of the Gonda Diabetes Center at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California, and his colleagues placed 16 healthy people on magnesium-deficient diets, their insulin became less effective at getting sugar from their blood into their cells, where it’s burned or stored as fuel…Read More