Diabetes Care

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, defines complementary and alternative medicine as a “group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine.” Complementary medicine is used with conventional therapy, whereas alternative medicine is used instead of conventional medicine.Some people with diabetes use complementary or alternative therapies to treat diabetes. Although some of these therapies may be effective, others can be ineffective or even harmful. Patients who use complementary and alternative medicine need to let their health care providers know what they are doing.

Some complementary and alternative medicine therapies are discussed below. For more information, talk with your health care provider.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a procedure in which a practitioner inserts needles into designated points on the skin. Some scientists believe that acupuncture triggers the release of the body’s natural painkillers. Acupuncture has been shown to offer relief from chronic pain. Acupuncture is sometimes used by people with neuropathy, the painful nerve damage of diabetes.

Biofeedback

Biofeedback is a technique that helps a person become more aware of and learn to deal with the body’s response to pain. This alternative therapy emphasizes relaxation and stress-reduction techniques. Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that some professionals who use biofeedback do. With guided imagery, a person thinks of peaceful mental images, such as ocean waves. A person may also include the images of controlling or curing a chronic disease, such as diabetes. People using this technique believe their condition can be eased with these positive images..

Physical Activity (Diabetes)

Physical Activity helps cleansing, it brings balance and relieves stress.
Psycho-physical activities will help you balance your body and will help you relief accumulated stress. You will have to find a form of exercise that suit you. I will just give you a few examples:

Mini Trampoline jumping - rebounding!
Meditation

Walk or jog in the nature : Forest, Mountain , river / sea / lake side, beach … fishing, photo-safari, rowing, riding, golf, …

Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Meditation …
Yoga - Hatha, Meditation, Chinese Yoga …
Martial Arts: Karate, Judo, Kung Fu, Teakwood, Budokai, Uechi, Aikido
Dancing, Aerobics, Gymnastics, Stretching …
Swimming in non-chlorinated water ! ( Best in minerals rich water - Ocean ! )
Weight lifting,

Some of the precautions for taking the physical exercises are that you should not exhaust yourself ,do not exercise with full stomach ! (You may take a walk! ),do not hurt yourself !

Sweating (Diabetes)

Sweating is powerful way to cleanse your body from accumulated toxins.
examples:
- exercise with a lot of clothes
- Sauna
- drink warm tea in a hot room …
- eat CAYENNE pepper! …

It is known that some modern industrial toxins and pesticides can leave your body only through sweat glands!

Psychotherapy and Spiritual Therapy

Human body is not just this what we can se. There is more to it. To treat other level of us, to treat soul and to treat mind and unconscious parts of us, I suggest you Hellinger’s therapy.

Get in Touch

If you have questions, or if you would like to get in touch with people who are dealing with same problems, then you should visit Public Discussion Board.

There, you can read messages, ask questions and give answers.

Live in a Relaxed Manner

Life can be very complex at times. Working on our relationships, raising children, building careers, and exploring personal growth opportunities all require time and effort – no question. As complex as these things are, take comfort in the fact that the reasons we work so hard may not be complicated at all.It has been suggested by psychologists that what people want in life is to experience pleasure and to avoid pain. As a result of spending a lifetime paying attention to what people are saying and feeling, as well becoming more aware of what motivates and drives me; I would suggest the psychologists are wrong. From these experiences, it is clear that what we really want boils down to happiness, and purpose.

Think about it for a moment. Whether it’s having a loving marriage, a successful career, or enjoying more time with our children, the bottom line results we are seeking are to be happy and to find purpose and meaning in our lives.Lets take each one of them one by one

Happiness

We all want to be happy. Not happy in a constantly blissful or euphoric sense, but in a fundamental and visceral one. It is not realistic to think we can be happy, or emotionally “high,” all of the time. After all, we get flat tires, receive poor service in restaurants, and have to pay our bills.

Stuff does happen in life which may not always make us feel happy, but the goal is to learn to be happy in spite of the annoyances and set-backs we encounter.

Happiness is the product of the day-in and day-out grind and still finding a place of contentment and peace in spite of what life throws at us. Happiness is to experience joy and take comfort in the fact we are living fully and without regret.

Happiness is to take advantage of the time we have on this earth by getting the most out of it. Happiness is going to bed tired knowing we didn’t leave anything on the field.

Happiness is also a choice. We can allow events to derail what we want, or we can choose to fight, persevere and win. When we listen to our guts - to our inner wisdom, we can hear what we really want. Then, we must choose how to respond.

Purpose

If happiness causes us to go to bed tired because of the effort we just gave to the day, purpose gets us back up in the morning.

Purpose is the fuel in our tanks that keeps us moving forward. As humans, we all want to know that our time in this world has made a difference and our life had a purpose.

I don’t need to look very far to see an example of the desire to have purpose in life. Brandon, my oldest child, graduates college in May with a degree in social work. There’s no question my son could have selected any major, but he selected this one because the most important thing to Brandon is to make a difference with his life.

He believes being a social worker is the best way to fulfill his purpose. What impresses me the most is the motivation behind this decision was not the analysis of his potential career earnings, but the analysis of living his life on purpose.

The expression, “living on purpose.” suggests we need to invest our time and resources in those activities that are best aligned with fulfilling our life’s purpose. Each day we need to inspect our words and actions to be certain they are supporting our core values and purpose. When we live on purpose, we can better enjoy and celebrate the passion and energy we have for our lives.

Still looking for your life’s purpose? Here’s one way you can find it. Take a sheet of paper and begin to write down all of the things you are passionate about. This is your list, so don’t cheat yourself. Be real and be honest with yourself, and just let it go.

Write down any dreams you have had in the past or any of your current dreams. The one that jumps off the page and smacks you right between the eyes and makes you begin to cry is your purpose.

Honor this one and respect it. And if you give it permission, it will change your life and bring the happiness you deserve.

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Seven Secrets of a Good Relationship

The following seven secrets have worked very well for over 22 years in my marriage and for many other couples too. Follow them, adapt them to work in your own marriage, and you’ll be on your way to having what we all want — a happy marriage!

1. Communicate
2. Meet each other’s needs
3. Learn to resolve conflicts
4. Grow with each other
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7. Maintain a commitment to the marriage

Additional Information on Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for Diabetes

The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse collects resource information on diabetes for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Reference Collection. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources. The NIDDK Reference Collection is a service of the National Institutes of Health.

To provide you with the most up-to-date resources, information specialists at the clearinghouse created an automatic search of the NIDDK Reference Collection. To obtain this information, you may view the results of the automatic search on Complementary Medicine.

If you wish to perform your own search of the database, you may access and search the NIDDK Reference Collection database online.

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National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse

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Bethesda, MD 20892–3560
Phone: 1–800–860–8747
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Email: ndic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov

The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1978, the Clearinghouse provides information about diabetes to people with diabetes and to their families, health care professionals, and the public. The NDIC answers inquiries, develops and distributes publications, and works closely with professional and patient organizations and Government agencies to coordinate resources about diabetes.

Publications produced by the Clearinghouse are carefully reviewed by both NIDDK scientists and outside experts.

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