The quickest way to lower blood sugar is to take fast-acting insulin. Exercising is another fast, effective way.
Common symptoms include: feeling very thirsty, peeing a lot, feeling weak or tired, blurred vision, losing weight. Regularly having high blood sugar levels for long periods of time (over months or years) can result in permanent damage to parts of the body such as the eyes, nerves, kidneys and blood vessels.
Dietary modifications help the patients to control blood glucose. Traditional herbs and spices are commonly used for control of glucose among which cinnamon has the greatest effect. Cinnamon is an aromatic spice that comes from the bark of several species of Cinnamomum trees. Cinnamon has more antioxidant activity than both oregano and garlic which help protect human body by lowering the impact of oxidative damage from free radicals in human cells.
Cinnamon may help support blood sugar management by increasing insulin sensitivity, decreasing blood sugar levels after eating, and reducing the risk of diabetes-related complications.
Cinnamon may help lower blood sugar by imitating the effects of insulin and increasing the movement of sugar from the bloodstream into cells.
It has been shown that cinnamon, which is rich in polyphenolic components, reduces oxidative stress and corrects impaired preprandial glucose if consumed 500 mg/dl a day for 12 weeks.
Consume cinnamon can reduce blood sugar level
