Good day to all! Today, our life seems to be a stormy whirlpool that makes us rush forward, making it impossible to stop and think once again.
Compared to previous generations, we have become impatient, we need everything at once. So in the treatment of diabetes, we want instant results, forgetting that the disease did not develop in one day and it takes time to normalize the condition.
I often hear: “How to quickly reduce high blood sugar? What can urgently lower elevated glucose levels? How to bring down and remove high blood sugar in a short time? etc." Everyone needs a quick result and preferably without applying either physical or material resources.
No, friends, you have to pay for everything in this life. For the most part, diabetes is the result of your relationship with your physical body, and in order to restore health, you need to work hard, which can take a fair amount of time. In some cases, it will not be possible to fully recover, but this is still not a reason for “doing nothing”. Go…
Why blood sugar rises and what is diabetes
The level of glucose in the blood is controlled by a special hormone - insulin. Any reason for which insulin ceases to do its job leads to an increase in blood glucose levels. There are many types and types of diabetes, but there are usually three causes:
- less insulin is produced than needed
- a genetic defect in beta cells, the insulin molecule itself, or its receptors
- tissues stop responding to insulin normally (insulin resistance develops)
In the first two cases, full recovery of health is not yet possible. Normal glucose levels can be maintained with medications, insulin injections, and herbal medicine with folk remedies as an auxiliary measure.
In the third case, there is enough insulin in the body and it has a normal molecular structure, the receptors also have the correct configuration, but the tissues stop perceiving it, which means it does not perform its function, which is why blood glucose levels begin to rise. In this case, it is enough to restore the sensitivity of the tissues and the hormone will again begin to work as it should. How to do it is another question, but the main thing is that it is real!
What types of causes are there?
Insulin production decreases when:
- type 1 diabetes
- LADA-diabetes (autoimmune diabetes in adults)
- Diseases of the pancreas
- Toxic damage to the gland
A defect in beta cells, insulin, and/or receptors occurs when:
- MODY diabetes (genetic defects in beta cells)
- Diabetes associated with genetic syndromes
- With an isolated defect in the insulin molecule and receptors
Insulin resistance develops when:
- type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes due to other endocrine diseases (endocrinopathies)
- Gestational diabetes (diabetes in pregnancy)
So in the third case, eliminating the cause of insulin insensitivity, you can effectively reduce high sugar levels. Gestational diabetes is eliminated with the resolution of pregnancy.
With the elimination of endocrinopathy, the level of glucose in the blood also decreases. But on type 2 diabetes, I would like to dwell in more detail, but first I will briefly talk about other types.
How can you lower blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes and LADA
It is no coincidence that I combined these types of diabetes. And although they are slightly different in course, the treatment will be almost the same, because in both cases an insulin deficiency develops.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus proceeds rapidly and requires the immediate appointment of insulin injections. Only such measures can urgently and quickly reduce blood sugar and nothing else. Lowering blood sugar at home without examination and doctor's prescriptions can threaten the patient's life. For details, read the link.
The course of LADA-diabetes is milder, the decrease in insulin secretion is gradual. Therefore, for several years a person can maintain normal blood glucose levels with medicines (pills), folk remedies and methods, as well as a change in dietary style.
I will talk about what foods can lower blood sugar later in the section on treating type 2 diabetes.
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What will help bring down high blood sugar with genetic defects
Unfortunately, mankind has not yet learned how to interfere with the genome of an already born person and correct the mistakes of nature. However, we are good at stabilizing glucose levels with drugs, insulin injections, and herbal medicine.
Ways to normalize blood sugar in this category of patients depends on the degree and type of genetic defect. As a rule, there are few such patients and all of them are observed in large scientific centers of the country.
I will not dwell on each disease in detail, I will only say that in some cases the patient may go on drug therapy, and in some cases insulin therapy may be required. There can be no talk of any folk remedies.
How to Lower Blood Sugar Fast in Type 2 Diabetes
Well, we got to the most numerous type of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes occupies a leading position in the structure of all diabetes mellitus and accounts for more than 80%.
This type of diabetes mainly affects the working-age population and it is no wonder why the state is concerned about the continuous increase in the incidence. In addition, with a competent approach, timely diagnosis and initiation of treatment, one can fully restore health, avoid the development of crippling complications and disability.
How does type 2 diabetes occur?
To answer the question: “How to quickly bring sugar back to normal with type 2 diabetes?”, You need to understand what caused you to have this type of diabetes. Many are perplexed when they hear that being overweight leads to this terrible disease. Yes, this is absolutely true. And while you have it, you will not be able to restore your health.
But some will argue that they are not overweight, and type 2 diabetes is established. Friends, most often we are dealing with sluggish LADA-diabetes, which at first is easily compensated by pills. Simply by submitting your data to the Unified Diabetes Registry, doctors are forced to make a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes, because there is no “LADA-diabetes” column in the registry.
True insulin resistance in the absence of obesity is very rare and within the genetic defect that I mentioned above.
So, real type 2 diabetes always develops against the background of obesity, especially when fat is concentrated in the abdomen and waist. Therefore, all treatment of this disease is based on the fight against excess weight. Remember that it is not pills or folk remedies that are the priority in treatment, but a lifestyle and nutritional change that led you to gain those extra pounds.
If you want to reduce blood sugar, but at the same time not change anything in your life, then close the page right now and go to the clinic.
They know how to stuff pills well, increasing doses and prescribing new drugs if the old ones do not help. And in case of failure in tablet therapy, insulin is always prescribed in the clinic, without thinking that this insulin will finally finish off the unfortunate patient.
If you are determined to actively fight your disease, then I am ready to share with you my knowledge and experience that has helped hundreds of people. This path is thorny and difficult, but this only proves that you are on the right track.
The Foundation of the Basics of Normalizing Blood Sugar Levels
There are three pillars on which the successful compensation of diabetes and the maintenance of sugar levels are based:
- nutrition
- physical activity
- everything else (medicines, dietary supplements, herbal medicine, grandmother's recipes, etc.)
At the same time, the basis of the basics (the most important whale) is a change in the previous style in nutrition. There are many diets that promise to quickly lower blood sugar, but not all of them are effective, and some are even harmful.
A huge minus of all diets is that they always end someday. In their place, old eating habits come and everything starts in a circle.
Why not stick to one diet for the rest of your life? This is unlikely, because in general these diets are very strict restrictions and the person experiences constant hunger, lack of energy and elemental nutrients. In the end, he can't stand it and quits.
What do we have to do?
First of all, you need to understand the mechanism of weight gain and act from the opposite. Remember a few postulates:
- The hormone insulin is responsible for the deposition of fat in our body, the same one that also controls blood sugar levels.
- They get fat not from fatty foods, but from an excess of carbohydrates.
- Carbohydrates are not only cakes, sweets and everything sweet, but also bread, cereals, legumes, starchy vegetables, as well as fruits and berries.
- Lots of carbs => lots of insulin => lots of fat stores => worse insulin sensitivity => more insulin => even more fat => worse insulin sensitivity => more insulin, etc.
- A lack of protein and fat in the diet impairs health and quality of life.
- The importance and usefulness of modern fruits and cereals is greatly exaggerated.
The only way out that is guaranteed and will quickly lower blood sugar is to reduce the consumption of all types of carbohydrates (both sweet and non-sweet). At the same time, there are absolutely no restrictions on fats.
You can eat fatty hodgepodge soup, but without bread, or fatty fish, but without a cereal side dish, or fatty barbecue, but without beer and sugary drinks.
Restriction only on trans fats, such as margarine, hydrogenated palm oil and other chemically processed edible fats, as well as on various processed and prepared foods.
All the necessary carbohydrates are supplied to the body from non-starchy vegetables, greens, berries and some fruits in season, as well as in a small amount from starch-containing vegetables.
Agree that such a diet does not imply eating only cucumbers and herbs, like herbivores. You get a complete diet that the ancient man had and that the modern world has forgotten.
This is how briefly I can characterize the new style of eating for a person with type 2 diabetes. The results appear already in the first week and in a short time the blood glucose level miraculously normalizes, although it can hardly be called a miracle, you just started eating the right foods, that's the whole secret.
Of course, it is not possible to fully cover the topic in one article. If everything is clear to you, then I am happy for you and this means that you can start changing your diet right now. Read more by following the link.
Physical activity to lower blood sugar
If you think you can eat as before and reduce high blood sugar by increasing exercise, then you are making a mistake. It has been proven that an isolated increase in physical activity without changes in the menu does not lead to a stable and guaranteed result.
In other words, it is impossible to eat a piece of cake, and then go on a treadmill to clean up all the consequences of what you eat. The effect of physical activity will only be in conjunction with a change in your basic diet. As long as you eat a lot of carbohydrates, no amount of exercise will help. Yes, at least settle in the gym and exhaust yourself on the simulators all day. By doing this, you will earn physical exhaustion, aversion to studies and deep disappointment.
Oh, how often I hear this: “Yes, I went to the gym! I worked out for 5-6 days, I didn’t lose a single kilogram! ” And when you start asking about the diet, it turns out that there are no changes, then a candy, then a banana on an empty stomach. So how do you lose weight?
Remember! Physical activity consists not only in going to a sports club, but also in everyday physical activity. If you have a sedentary job, you hardly walk, use the elevator and go everywhere by car, then exercising in the gym for an hour 3-5 times a week is ineffective. They will not cover your daily physical activity needs. So try to walk more and not sit on the couch near the TV.
With physical activity, the normalization of blood glucose is more intense and more fun than without them. Therefore, at a certain stage, I recommend increasing activity and even going to additional classes in the gym.
Medicines and folk remedies in the treatment of type 2 diabetes
The topic of drug therapy and other types of treatment is the latest, and I compare this method with crutches.
When a person breaks his leg, they put him in a cast and give him crutches so that he can lean on while the bone heals. It can take a very long time until the plaster is removed and the person can walk on their own. And sometimes this does not happen completely and the person remains with a cane in the form of an additional support.
So the drugs are the same crutches. They are needed while you are solving the problem with diabetes, while recovery and lowering blood sugar with the main methods that I wrote about above are underway. After a while, these assistants may not be needed, but sometimes you still need to leave small doses of drugs in the form of that same cane in order to better control blood sugar.
But unfortunately, many choose to walk on crutches all their lives. Well, it's their choice... You, too, now have a choice: walk all your life on crutches or live without them, even with a neat cane.
I will not touch on the topic of drug therapy now. You understand that the topic is immense and difficult to fit in one article. Yes, I wrote enough today. Something is already on the blog, something is just planned. Therefore, I recommend on the blog, if someone has not done this.
This is where I end and remind you that today you can learn more about a new style of eating for you, which is guaranteed to help maintain normal sugar levels and at the same time you will be full and satisfied. The link to the description can be found above.
With warmth and care, endocrinologist Lebedeva Dilyara Ilgizovna
