Dear prediabetic and diabetic friends,
there are amazingly many other items, except from diet and exercise, that are less obvious and we become aware of only by not taking the condition lying down and doing some research.
I am sure you have heard about the so-called "Miracle Magnesium" marketed quite extensively in South Africa at the moment. Other countries promote the same with other brand names. This alleged miracle mineral is advertised for a plethora of ailments and indeed most diseases are caused by a low magnesium level in the body. Lesser known is the positive effect on preventing and lowering glucose levels in the blood.
My first positive body change after only a couple of days of use was the remarkable cessation of a very unpleasant muscle tic in some of my toes. I had actually bought the cooling roll on for a tendon inflammation in my knee (I tend to fall over our slightly lump and very fat Labrador Bruno...) the swelling in the knee and the pain was relieved just as fast. I also bought the magnesium oil, which can be taken internally like a supplement diluted in water, or rubbed or sprayed on the skin for even more effective trans dermal absorption.
A VERY noticeable and welcome mood change took effect as well from a deep depression to full of beans and from anxiety to a much calmer reaction to life's curve balls
Use on the face for moisturizing and rejuvenation has also been recommended by doctors.
Anyway, I then came across credible claims on the positive effect of magnesium intake to alleviate diabetes. Even that I found to be true, by having decreased blood sugar levels.
To give this post a more scientific background, I cite an article on the benefits of magnesium on diabetes. The article contains many links to other conditions (aging for example) that would benefit from magnesium supplementation. VIVA Magnesium!!
Magnesi um and Diabetes
First, magnesium plays a major role in activating the enzymes the body uses to digest and assimilate macronutrients. Proper digestion and assimilation is important for uptake of nutrients because the body will continue to experience hunger when it has not absorbed enough nutrients from foods.
Magnesium is required for producing insulin, and for its function and transport.1 This is significant for blood sugar because magnesium is critical to the biochemical reaction that enables insulin to transport glucose into cells for energy production. If the body lacks magnesium, then levels of insulin and glucose rise. Excess glucose can be stored as fat, which contributes to obesity, and excess insulin is a risk factor for diabetes.
There have been significant increases in obesity among the US population, including pre-diabetic conditions in adults and children, and type II diabetes among children and young adults. At least one study links low magnesium levels to insulin resistance in obese children.2Magnesium plays a major role in blood sugar regulation.
Magnesium is required for many functions that contribute to keeping blood sugar within normal range (including the activation of enzymes in the digestive tract and the production and function of
The link between magnesium and diabetes is a function of magnesium’s role in insulin production and digestion. Magnesium is necessary to maintain proper blood sugar levels in the body. It accomplishes this by several means.
First, magnesium plays a major role in activating the enzymes the body uses to digest and assimilate macronutrients. Proper digestion and assimilation is important for uptake of nutrients because the body will continue to experience hunger when it has not absorbed enough nutrients from foods.
Magnesium, Diabetes and Syndrome X
Dr. Carolyn Dean, author of The Magnesium Miracle, in discussing the magnesium-diabetes connection, describes “syndrome X” (also known as “metabolic syndrome”) as a set of conditions that can be described as the consequences of long-term nutritional deficiency, particularly magnesium deficiency.3 She explains that magnesium deficiency initiates disturbed insulin metabolism that can lead to insulin resistance, and eventually to diabetes, angina, and heart attack.4
Metabolic syndrome is characterized by elevation of glucose levels. Elevated glucose levels contribute to the development of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, and the glycation of proteins (causing kidney damage, neuropathy, blindness, and other complications). Insulin resistant cells resist magnesium uptake, thereby exacerbating magnesium deficiency. Greater magnesium deficiency can lead to hypertension and higher cholesterol levels, which are associated with heart disease.5
Dr. Dean suggests that magnesium deficiency may be an independent predictor of diabetes. It is known that diabetics require more magnesium and that they become magnesium deficient more easily than most people.6 Low magnesium levels occur in up to forty percent of diabetic patients.7
Using Magnesium for Diabetes
Magnesium plays a major role in blood sugar regulation.
Magnesium is required for many functions that contribute to keeping blood sugar within normal range (including the activation of enzymes in the digestive tract and the production and function of insulin), and it is important that magnesium levels be kept sufficiently high.
Given the links between diabetes and magnesium deficiency, adequate levels of magnesium are especially recommended for diabetics and those at risk. Not only does adequate magnesium intake help to regulate and maintain proper blood sugar levels, but also prevent deficiencies associated with elevated glucose levels, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes.
and: (for link click on red text)
- See more at: http://www.magnesiumoil.com/magnesium-health/diabetes-blood-sugar#sthash.xgU8RvX6.dpuf
Please do yourselves a favor and follow up on this specific subject. I can personally vouch for the effectiveness and I don't even make money through affiliation with a supplier! And this is the proof of the stevia sweetened pudding....
Greetings from
Barbara
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