Glucose Management Herbs

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Hi ,

Thanks for reminding me about cedar berries--had read about them years

ago. I have recently been doing research on herbs and such that help

diabetes and had decided that was a route I wanted to try. I am a bit

confused about some things though--there are quite a few different herbs

like devil's club, goat's rue (supposedly also regenerates pancreatic

cells), etc. Have run into Chinese and Indian herbs also. I'm

wondering about the difference between cedar berries and juniper

berries. Some differentiate between the two (like ) and

some don't. I couldn't find any Schulze information about cedar berries

but did find Panc Tea on the Dr. site

(http://www.drchristopher.com). I know that the health food stores are

uneasy about carrying herbs that affect blood sugar (don't know exactly

what brought that about in recent years). They don't carry many

products, and I'm not sure why they carry the specific ones that they

do. I will check out my local store for the cedar berries--think I saw

some. The herbal consultant told me she gets an infection in her mouth

every time she eats anything sweet including fruit, so she's been taking

the devil's club combination and it helps that.

It is my estimation that glucose management problems are part of the

hypometabolism that people have (thyroids, adrenals, etc.). Here is an

article that points in that direction:

http://www.naturomed.com/hypo.html The Broda book Hypothyroidism

the Unsuspected Illness says that higher cortisol promotes

hypothyroidism. Eliminating the undesirable carbs would help cortisol

levels I imagine. I can't even tolerate white flour products much--they

make me feel bad. I figure I'll try some of the herbs too and see what

effect they have on my metabolism. Apparently most of the public has

some degree of pancreatic distress, and it's easy to see why! J.