Vitamin B6 - this vitamin helps to increase the efficiency of insulin. It also helps prevent diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. The level of vitamin B6 tends to be low in people older than 50 years. Some food sources of vitamin B6 are fish, turkey, avocados, broccoli, potatoes, red peppers and walnuts.

Vitamin E - vitamin E acts as an antioxidant and also owns properties as an anticoagulant. It also helps metabolize sugars better. You can help prevent atherosclerosis and vascular complications common in people with diabetes. These complications are responsible for damage to the kidneys and eyes caused by diabetes.

Vitamin C - helps reduce the need for insulin, preventing vascular problems and maintain eye health.

Medicinal plants - there are several plants such as burdock and fenogreco who possess the ability to reduce glucose levels in blood. However, none is a substitute for the administration of insulin. The use of these plants in people with diabetes should be done only under professional care because they sometimes can cause a rapid drop in blood sugar level.

Moreover, there is a good number of plants that do not significantly alter the level of blood sugar but have properties extremely valuable for the prevention and treatment of complications of diabetes. Two of these are:

Bilberry (bilberry) - It helps prevent the destruction of small blood vessels of the eye known as diabetic retinopathy that causes vision loss in diabetic patients. (More information about the blueberry).

Ginkgo biloba - Increases circulation in small blood vessels, especially in the brain. In the case of people with diabetes circulatory problems in his legs are common and may even lead to amputations. The ginkgo helps improve the circulation in the legs, helping to prevent these problems.

Exercise: the exercise helps both prevent diabetes in people who are at risk as to avoid many of the complications in people who already have it. Research carried out at Tufts University in Massachusetts indicate that regular aerobic exercise reduces the risk of developing diabetes, even in cases that do not produce weight loss. Other studies showed that people with diabetes who exercise regularly have a have a lower risk of death than those who do not are exercised. One of the ways in which the exercise is to help increase the level of chromium in the tissues. Another is to improve the body’s ability to use insulin available.

The exercise with weights or resistance also helps. This exercise increases muscle mass. Since muscle requires more calories than fat, the result is an increase in metabolic rate. That means they burn more calories, making it easier to lose weight, something that is desirable for the vast majority of those suffering from diabetes. People with good muscle mass are also less likely to develop diabetes as a larger muscle mass least amount of insulin needed to carry glucose from the blood to tissues.

Relaxation and meditation

Any practice that helps control stress would be helpful both to prevent diabetes as to avoid damage caused by this. Meditation, yoga, hypnotherapy, and music are some of the patterns that can be practiced with great benefit. (More about relaxation and meditation and music therapy).