Natural Cures for Diabetes and Weight Loss

Overweight and Diabetes: The BEST Natural Cure

Joe Cannon, MS, CSCS
www.Joe-Cannon.com

I was watching an TV recently and heard somebody talking natural cures for obesity and diabetes and I got to thinking about what these natural cures could be, beyond what I already know to be true.

It's a fact that there are some dietary supplements (like chromium and magnesium for example) which can help stabilize blood sugar in some people. But, as for weight loss, dietary supplements are not the answer. I'm not a doctor or a dietitian. Rather, I'm an exercise physiologist and personal trainer who has spent over 10 years investigating dietary supplements. I delve in to what the clinical research says about what they do and don’t do.

There are some great supplements out there to be sure but when it comes to helping people lose weight, I am very disappointed in the lack of research and what the research really says. Most supplements have either no proof that they work or evidence that they do not work.

This post however is not about supplements but about the REAL natural cure for obesity, weight loss, diabetes and several other conditions. It’s called exercise. I'm not kidding, if you doubt what I say, go search the facts on the National Library of Medicine and look at the evidence for exercise. It’s amazing! When doctors look at the people who are most likely to lose weight and keep it off, most of them exercise (up to 90 minutes a day).

When people talk about curing diabetes, they are really talking about type II diabetes which is the most likely form of the disease. Type II diabetes results from eating too many calories (which causes us to gain weight) and not moving (exercising) enough. Studies show that as little as 20 minutes of exercise can lower blood sugar levels. Even better than this, exercise has been shown to lower hemoglobin A1C (Hb A1C) which tells about what the blood sugar has been for the last 3 months. I have personally seen as little as 20 minutes of aerobic exercise twice a week significantly lower Hb A1C levels. This is evidence that diabetes is getting better!

I can go on about the benefits of exercise but I will stop for now and just say this: You already have at your disposal the best natural cure for obesity and diabetes: Exercise. Trust me when I say, exercise far surpasses anything else out there. The evidence proves it. Now, step away from the computer and go take a walk!