Note: Expect to hear a lot more about this herb and other natural treatments for diabetes. Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes is nearly always treatable without the use of dangerous medications.
An herb long used in traditional Indian medicine appears to control the rise in blood sugar that follows a meal -- suggesting, researchers say, that it could help treat or even prevent type 2 diabetes.
Their study of 39 adults without diabetes found that a beverage made from the herb, known as Salacia oblonga, stemmed participants' normal post-meal rise in blood sugar. There was a similar reduction in blood levels of insulin, which helps shuttle sugar from the blood and into cells to be used for energy.
Herbal Extract Shows Promise for Diabetes
