| Diabetes is rampant in America because of our love | | | | individuals get off their diabetic medications and even |
| affair with sugar. Even children are now succumbing to | | | | insulin with great vigilance, diet and exercise. Just as |
| Type II diabetes which is directly related to diet. In type | | | | they have learned to test their blood sugars, daily, they |
| II diabetes, the pancreas continues to produce insulin, | | | | will need to continue daily testing when on a regime of |
| sometimes even at higher-than-normal levels. | | | | essential oils. |
| However, the body develops resistance to the effects | | | | Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) is a strongly aromatic |
| of insulin so there is not enough insulin to meet the | | | | annual herb traditionally used in the form of an infusion |
| body's needs. Obesity is the chief risk factor for | | | | for children's diarrhea, digestive upsets, griping pains |
| developing type II diabetes and 80-90% of people with | | | | anorexia and gas. It was studied in Egupt for its |
| this disorder are overweight or obese. Because | | | | effects in lowering glucose and insulin levels and |
| obesity causes insulin resistance, obese people need | | | | supporting pancreatic function. This oil can promote |
| very large amounts of insulin to maintain normal blood | | | | digestion and also has produces a mild feeling of |
| sugar levels. | | | | euphoria.Many us it in conjunction with dill oil to promote |
| Western medicine treats diabetes with diet, exercise, | | | | pancreatic health and to aid in the control of diabetes. It |
| education and for most people, drugs. If people with | | | | is generally non-toxic, non-irritating and non-sensitizing. |
| diabetes strictly control their blood sugar levels, | | | | Dill (Anethum graveolens) is traditionally used in the |
| complications are less likely to develop. The goal of | | | | East and West as a digestive aid for indigestion, wind, |
| diabetes treatment is to keep blood sugar levels within | | | | colic, especially in children. Research has shown dill has |
| the normal range as much as possible. People with | | | | anti-diabetic, antispasmodic, antibacterial and |
| diabetes benefit greatly from learning about their | | | | expectorant properties. It is a pancreatic stimulant and |
| disorder, understanding how diet and exercise affect | | | | an insulin-blood sugar regulator. It has many similar |
| their blood sugar levels, and knowing how to avoid | | | | properties to fennel making it good for digestive |
| complications. | | | | problems. |
| What Can Aromatherapists Offer Type II Diabetics? | | | | These are the two primary oils; other oils that have |
| Essential oils are most effective with infections and | | | | shown some ability to help include fennel, geranium, |
| least effect with metabolic disorders. Diabetes is one | | | | cinnamon, and pine. |
| of those metabolic disorders. However some | | | | |