I’ve described my use of supplements in previous posts, but I have always felt like I was piecing together bits and pieces of information from various sources, while not knowing which supplements were “essential.” Most recently I have been taking chromium, a multivitamin, and extra vitamin C to boost my immune system. I’ve never done any empirical research, such as testing my blood sugar levels with or without the supplements, so I cannot honestly say I know they work for me. However, in my case, I’m sure the psychological effects are positive as I feel like I’m being proactive in treating my diabetes.

Yesterday, I was sent a link to an article about the “4 best supplements for diabetes.” Those supplements are chromium, magnesium, Vitamin E, and alpha-lipoic acid. In the article, a brief description of each supplement is given, its potential benefits, and also nutritional sources of the ingredient if available. It’s a concise article that emphasizes the most important supplements, so you can eliminate the guesswork in figuring it out for yourself.

Today, I went out and bought myself some magnesium, Vitamin E and ALA. I am committing to more regular blood sugar testing as an adjunct to the additional supplements, so I can monitor any changes. Once a week I will do a full day of testing (7 readings in all) and I will test at least once a day for 5 out of the remaining 6 days (with one day off - phew!).

This reminded me of an old psych study (these are the types of things I think about in the middle of the night) which studied various manipulable factors of workers’ environments, to see if they had any influence on their efficiency. The findings indicated that any type of change improved efficiency - not because the change itself was efficiency-enhancing, but because the researchers were spending time studying the workers, the workers naturally became more efficient. So what’s my point? My point is that I’m expecting that I will see an improvement in my blood sugar levels simply because I am spending time studying it. It’s natural to “pull up one’s socks” a bit if you know you will have to test your blood sugar. Kinda like when you keep a food record you automatically eat less.

So, I’m assuming that part of the improvement I see will be attributed to the record-keeping itself. But I’m also hoping to see even greater improvement due to the supplements themselves. I’ll let you know how it all goes. In the meantime, if you’re interested in checking out the “supplement article” I mentioned previously, please click on the following link.

www.revolutionhealth.com/healthy-living/natural-health/vitamin-boutique/supplements/diabetes?msc=A62588