Herbal Treatments for Insulin Resistance

In addition to dietary and exercise changes, there are many herbs which can help to naturally treat insulin resistance. Some of these herbs will help regulate your blood pressure, others will help regulate your blood sugar levels, and still others will help make your heart healthier.

While herbs can be used to successfully treat insulin resistance however, if you don't make the committment to having an overall healthier approach to life through foods and activities, you may find yourself not responding as well as you might have hoped. Herbs are just one part of an overall whole body approach to healing, they are not miracle drugs.

With that said, let's look at several herbs you might like to try integrating into your insulin resistance treatment program.

Cayenne, also known as Capsicum, is an herb which will regulate your blood pressure in addition to helping your heart become healthier. And getting your blood pressure under control is one step in the process of treating your insulin resistance problems.

Garlic is another very healthy and powerful herb which does a number of things. One of these is to regulate and normalize both your blood pressure and your blood sugar levels. Both of these factor in to controlling and managing your insulin resistance.

Chickweed is an herb which can help you naturally reduce your appetite, and this can in turn help you to lose some of your excess weight. It works best when combined with another herb known as Echinacea, which helps cleanse the glands and entire lymphatic system. This herbal duo is an effective tool for helping you to lose weight, and it works by making you feel as if you've recently eaten. So you feel full and uninterested in food.

Dandelion is an herb most often used for cleansing and toning the liver, but it's also quite useful for weight loss too. When an overweight or obese person starts losing weight, their blood can become overly acidic, and this can stop or inhibit the weight loss. Dandelion destroys and the extra acids in the blood stream, so you're body is able to continue shedding weight.

The added liver cleansing effects can often help too. Since Dandelion strengthens and tones the liver, the liver is better able to remove toxins and wastes from your body, and the removal of those toxins can help aid in weight loss plus provide a variety of other health benefits in the end.

Keep in mind when starting any of the natural treatments for insulin resistance, that it took your body a lot of time and abuse to get to the point it's currently at, so it will take time for it to heal, repair, and begin functioning normally again too.

Now that we've covered some of the basic ways to manage insulin resistance that might be causing you to not be able to lose weight, we'll look closer at several specific ways to change your eating habits which will help too.