There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that homeopathic, natural remedies may help treat diabetes. But are they really effective? In this WisePatient video, endocrinologist Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, of Scripps Health, discusses the evidence.
Unfortunately no, and they have studied some of them in some studies there might be a little bit of improvement in blood sugar, but when we look at outcomes which means your blood sugar remains low for long periods of time and results in less heart attacks, less amputations lowering your average blood sugar for long periods of time, they have not found any that works to date.
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD is an endocrinologist at Scripps Clinic in San Diego whose specialties include diabetes and metabolic disorders.
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