
"South of the Border" Plant STABILIZES Blood Sugar?!
When you’re diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the goal is to stabilize your blood sugar.
Because if left unchecked, over time, high glucose levels can damage organs, nerves, and blood vessels.
There are two main stabilizing methods that your doc is likely to recommend: Insulin and blood-sugar-lowering drugs.
Each comes with potential pitfalls.
But new research has revealed a “south of the border” secret that may help stabilize your blood sugar BEFORE it blows up.
And that could eventually mean reducing… or even STOPPING… risky diabetes meds.
Insulin is a hormone that helps control blood sugar. But insulin resistance occurs when your cells stop responding to the hormone’s signals to allow blood sugar to enter.
This causes both blood sugar and insulin to build up in your bloodstream. And eventually, this can lead to prediabetes and diabetes.
So it’s easy to see how giving people even MORE insulin could become a problem.
Blood-sugar-lowering drugs work by making your body create more insulin or changing how it uses sugar, triggering a whole new set of risks.
But there is a THIRD option. And it allows you to target unstable blood sugar at its root… in your brain.
You see, there’s this tiny but mighty part of your brain called the hypothalamus. It helps manage your hunger and thirst, body temperature, blood pressure, mood, sex drive, and sleep cycle.
But even more important, inflammation in the hypothalamus is one of the key steps in developing insulin resistance.
And now, recent research published in the journal Life Metabolism uncovered a plant extract that can CALM that inflammation.
Researchers first tried the extract from the beautiful dahlia flower (a native of Central America and Mexico) on mice. The extract reduced brain inflammation and improved blood sugar levels in the critters.
So the team moved on to the next step. They tested the dahlia supplement on a small group of folks with diabetes to see if it would also work for them. And it did.
The researchers say three compounds in the dahlia flower appear to work together to calm inflammation in the brain and stabilize blood sugar levels:
- butein
- isoliquiritigenin
- sulfuretin
Now, finding a dahlia supplement can be challenging. There are some liquid extracts available. But I suspect, with these exciting study results gaining some traction, MORE options will soon be available.
In the meantime, there are some other natural solutions to consider that can stabilize blood sugar without drugs.
- Diet: Cut as much sugar from your daily diet as possible. This means not only tossing the soda and sweets into the trash. But also keep an eye on junk carbs, like those in white bread and snack foods. Instead, focus on healthy proteins and vegetables.
- Exercise: Look for ways to sneak in some extra movement throughout the day. Take the stairs, walk to your errands, and stretch during TV commercials. Find something active AND fun to do and stick with it. Exercise is proven to help control blood sugar.
- Weight Control: The best way to control diabetes is to maintain a healthy weight. Intermittent fasting is a great way to lose weight AND reign in blood sugar.
- Cinnamon: This sweet and spicy herb often ends up on toast or in cookies and other baked goods. But when super-concentrated cinnamon becomes a powerful weapon against high blood sugar. It’s easy to find in supplement form… and dirt cheap.
- Turmeric: This beautiful golden-orange spice is often used in Indian dishes to add color and flavor. But the herb’s active ingredient, curcumin, naturally reduces insulin resistance, allowing glucose to enter the cells effectively. You can add more turmeric to your diet or take a supplement.
- Olive leaf extract: The antioxidants in this potent supplement can help lower blood sugar and stabilize it.
P.S. Experts estimate that at least 25 percent of folks with diabetes are walking around with NO clue they have it. You could be one of them. Keep your eyes peeled for these common telltale danger signs that your sugar is running too high.
Source:
“A dahlia flower extract has anti-diabetic properties by improving insulin function in the brain,” Life Metabolism, 2023; load026, doi. org/10.1093/lifemeta/load026

Written By Dr. Scott Olson, ND
Nearly 25 years ago, failed mainstream medical treatments left Dr. Olson in constant pain – and his health in ruins. And that’s when he did something REVOLUTIONARY. He began his career in medicine – and dedicated his life to uncovering the true, underlying causes of disease.
Through his innovative medical practices in Tennessee and Colorado, Dr. Olson has helped cure countless seniors from across America of arthritis… heart disease… diabetes… and even cancer. All without risky prescription drugs or painful surgeries.
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