Diabetes Home Remedy-Pomegranate Flowers
In recent time there has been an increase in Diabetics the world over. Almost 5% of the world population suffers from chronic Diabetes and the numbers continue to increase. The causes are many and include sedentary life, lack of exercise, Atmospheric pollution, and use of insecticides and pollution of the food chain.
Obesity has been indicted in an increase of Diabetics, especially Type II diabetes. Type I diabetes is usually caused by an immune related anomalies. The spurt in diabetics has been a cause of worry for the medical community. Insulin supplementation has its own pitfalls which include increase in dosages and other factors.
Complications-
Diabetes is known as a silent killer. No other disease affects so many organs as diabetes. No organ is left untouched. Heart disease is the number one killer in diabetics (68%). Another 16% fatalities in diabetics occur due to stroke. The risk of stroke and heart diseases are 2 to 4 times higher in diabetics as compared to normal. Diabetes is also one of the causes of hypertension in individuals. Diabetes also has a very crippling effect on the retina and is one of the leading causes of blindness due to diabetic-retinopathy. Every year there are 24,000 new patients of Diabetic retinopathy and this number is steadily increasing. Diabetes also affects the Kidneys.
By 2005 46,739 people were suffering from End stage Kidney disease caused due to Diabetes. Diabetes also affects the Nervous system. 60 to 70 % of diabetics suffer from varying stages of nervous system disorders. These include impaired sensation or pain in the feet or hands, slowed digestion of food in the stomach, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other nerve problems.
Lack of sensations in the extremities is also one of the primary reasons of amputations. Since diabetes leads to a lack of sensations in the extremities like the feet and the arms there is every possibility of the person suffering from injuries. Further infections cause gangrene and finally amputations.
Herbal remedies and Home remedies are available for treatment of Diabetes or for control of symptoms of the disease. Although there are several miracle herb cure which claim it is a replacement of Insulin supplementation but there are no scientific basis for such claims. Having said this all Home remedies should not be discounted as fraud or without logic and some have properties which would be beneficial for Diabetics. Though most Herb remedies have some beneficial effects in varying percentage most herbal companies over estimate the beneficial effects causing a fall in their standings. Most Home remedies have been traditionally used by the natives though many suffer from inadequate knowledge base.
One of the very popular Home remedy for tackling Diabetes is the pomegranate (Punica granatum). Pomegranate plant contains ingredients which exert a hypoglycemic effect. The flowers, seeds and plant extracts have been known to exert a hypoglycemic effect.
The exact mode of action is still not clearly understood, research suggests that acts by preventing diabetic sequelae via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma binding and nitric oxide production. The active components include ursolic, and gallic acids. Further research is warranted to pin point the exact mechanism of action.
I am Stanley and have keen interest in digging out lesser known home remedies and herbal remedies.
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May 16, 2011 


