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How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with Fenugreek

How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with Fenugreek

How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with Fenugreek

Diane by Diane
January 28, 2020
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There are several herbs and spices that can be used effectively for controlling blood sugar.  Cinnamon, cloves, ginger, turmeric, marjoram, ginseng, cayenne, garlic, rosemary, oregano, sage, curry leaves, and fenugreek are common food flavorings that are active in reducing blood sugar.

Using these foods alone or together can make a significant difference in blood sugar levels in a short time. All of these have been used successfully in the past and scientific studies show their value for diabetics. One of the most effective and one that I have recently begun to use is fenugreek seeds.

Fenugreek is an aromatic plant with medicinal and culinary uses. It is native to India and the Middle Eastern countries. It is a common ingredient in Indian cuisine and alternative medicine.

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The Basics of Blood Sugar Control

Your digestive system converts the food you eat into glucose for use as an energy source for your cells. Maintaining enough glucose is critical for good health. However, when the glucose levels are too high after a meal or stay elevated for a long period of time, it can do damage to the body systems.

Insulin is a hormone that helps move glucose from the blood into the cells when needed. When your blood sugar is high, your pancreas makes more insulin. Over time the pancreas may be unable to keep up or the body may become less responsive to insulin. Either situation can result in Type 2 Diabetes and cause serious damage to the nerves, blood vessels, and body organs.

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How Fenugreek Affects Blood Sugar

How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with FenugreekFenugreek acts in three major ways. First, it improves insulin production in the pancreas. Increased insulin helps move glucose from the blood into the cells.

Second, it slows the digestion and the absorption of carbohydrates in the body. This action keeps the blood sugar levels under control and reduces the blood sugar spike in the body.

Finally, regular use of fenugreek increases insulin sensitivity and may prevent diabetes.

What Studies on Fenugreek and Blood Sugar Say

How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with FenugreekA 2009 PubMed Study showed that patients who took 10 grams of soaked fenugreek seeds daily experienced a reduction in fasting blood sugar, triglycerides, and LDL cholesterol.

Fasting blood sugar was reduced by 25% on average in patients consuming the soaked fenugreek seeds.

Another study tested using fenugreek seed flour in baked goods. When compared to whole wheat bread, fenugreek bread reduced insulin resistance in Type 2 Diabetics.

Studies with Type 1 Diabetics showed that patients taking 50 grams of fenugreek seed powder with both lunch and dinner. Patients experienced blood sugar reductions within 10 days. Patients also exhibited a 54% reduction in urinary glucose excretion. Total Cholesterol, LDL, and VLDL cholesterol and triglycerides were also reduced significantly. Non-diabetic patients taking fenugreek experienced a 13.4% reduction in blood sugar levels 4 hours after use.

Side Effects and Cautions

Fenugreek is generally considered safe, but overuse does have some effects on the body. Some users experience mild stomach upset or bloating. Pregnant women should avoid fenugreek, since it stimulates uterine contractions and can cause a miscarriage.

Fenugreek interacts with some prescription medications. Consult your doctor if you are taking medications for diabetes or blood thinners.

How to Take Fenugreek for Blood Sugar Control

Clinical studies have shown effective doses begin at about 5 grams of seeds or 1 gram of extract per day for the reduction of blood sugar. Soaking the seeds overnight in warm water increases their effectiveness.

How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with FenugreekOther studies show that 100 grams of seed powder daily, divided into two doses and taken with lunch and dinner reduces fasting glucose levels.

Dried or fresh fenugreek leaves and seeds can be eaten or used for tea.

I choose to put about a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds in hot water and cover it overnight. I consume about half of the soaked seeds with my breakfast and refrigerate the other half until dinner.

Since I have begun doing this, my fasting blood sugar levels have fallen into the upper normal range and my blood sugar spikes are much better controlled. Overall my blood glucose levels have dropped over 20%.

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Growing Fenugreek in Your Home Garden

Fenugreek seeds are available online and in major garden centers. I’ll be starting some indoors in early March (I’m in Florida, so adjust for your area.).

How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with FenugreekI’ll sow my seeds directly into biodegradable pot or trays, but you can also sow them directly in the garden.

When starting indoors, allow the seedlings to grow vigorously before transplanting or they may be too fragile.

The seeds sprout in four to seven days under ideal conditions. Ideal temperature range for germination is 50 to 90 F. Wait until after the last frost to transplant them outdoors. Water the plants in the morning, keeping the soil moist.

Grow fenugreek in full sun to partial shade in a well-drained bed. Start harvesting the greens within three to four weeks from transplanting or six weeks after sowing. Harvest the greens until the plant begins to flower.

The seeds are ready to harvest within 2 to 4 months. They grow in long pods. When the plant begins to die back and the pods turn yellow, the pods are ready to harvest.

Snap the pod from the stalk and peel the pod back to remove the seeds. Another way to remove the seeds is to rub the pods between the palms to separate the seeds from the pods.

Additional Health Benefits of Fenugreek

Fenugreek is a nutritious plant, containing iron, magnesium, manganese, copper, vitamin B6, protein, and dietary fiber. It also provides antioxidants and phytonutrients. Most of the health benefits of fenugreek are believed to be due to the fiber content and the saponins it contains.

Lowers Cholesterol Levels

Fenugreek consumption helps reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and can prevent serious problems such as atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and the formation of blood clots, which leads to strokes.

Reduces Menstrual Discomfort and Menopause Symptoms

Fenugreek seeds help relieve menstrual symptoms, menstrual pain, and reduces symptoms of dysmenorrhea.

It also relieves symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, sleep problems, weight changes, and vaginal dryness. A 2017 study verified that fenugreek helps relieve these symptoms by inhibiting the activity of testosterone.

Promotes Lactation

Fenugreek tea is often recommended to help nursing mothers in cases where the mother is not able to produce enough breastmilk.

Anti-Cancer Potential

Fenugreek has anti-cancer properties and is specifically linked to the prevention of breast cancer and colon cancer. Substances in the herb bind to toxins and protect the colon from cancer and other disease processes.

Kidney Problems

Fenugreek is effective in treating various kidney conditions. It helps reduce calcification of kidneys and the risks of developing kidney stones.

Other Benefits of Fenugreek

Other benefits of fenugreek include:

  • How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with FenugreekAppetite suppression
  • Relieves muscle aches
  • Soothes irritated skin
  • Used in inducing labor
  • Contains antioxidant properties
  • Relieves constipation and aids digestion
  • Treats sore throat, coughs, colds, and relieves mucus
  • Treats asthma, hay fever, tuberculosis, sinusitis
  • Improves the body’s metabolism and health
  • Useful for treating wounds, inflammation, and gastrointestinal problems.

In the treatment of diabetes, fenugreek is a powerful ally. Used regularly, the herb lowers blood sugar levels and reduces insulin sensitivity. To be effective, it should be used daily.

Used with a healthy diet and exercise, fenugreek can be a powerful intervention in helping prevent diabetes or treat existing diabetes. However, it is important to use fenugreek in moderation because of the possibility of side effects.

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Comments 9

  1. Lin says:
    3 years ago

    I use Ceylon cinnamon and bitter melon. Diagnosed over 10 years ago with type 2 diabetes and took insulin for 1 year. Switched to natural. Works for me.

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  2. red says:
    3 years ago

    Cinnamon, cloves, ginger, turmeric, marjoram, ginseng, cayenne, garlic, rosemary, oregano, sage, curry leaves, and fenugreek got them. In Mexico, where health care is expensive, people eat beans to help the pancreas, and a little lemon before a meal does the same. My biggie is, stay away from gluten. I did and lost all symptoms of diabetes. When Mom came to live with us, no more gluetn. She had been an uncontrollable diabetic and constantly sick. After 10 days or so, she was healthy, going out to wedding parties and coming home in need of help to walk up the stairs to the porch. Do you have any idea how embarrassing it is when your mother, 75 years old, can’t handle her booze? And singing lewd songs, at that! niio

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  3. Sue says:
    3 years ago

    I really was interested in the informative information in this article. Thank you…..

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  4. wanderer says:
    3 years ago

    Research the benefits of Moringa. Also do your homework on Black Cumin also known as black seed. Works for me.

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  5. RonnyJ says:
    3 years ago

    This article bears out what I have been telling my doctors for years. I was diagnosed as diabetic in 2004, and put on medications. They worked, but the side effects were horrible. I started researching natural treatments and started taking cinnamon, chromium, berberine, fenugreek, and Co-q10. They work together on different aspects of the diabetes, improving insulin sensitinity and glucose usage by the body. The Co-q10 is for the heart, which can become deficient in it due to age and common medications.

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    • red says:
      3 years ago

      I stopped eating anything with gluten in it. All symptom disappeared. cholesterol is low good range. Lethargy is gone. Allergies mostly died off. Before eating, herbalists recommend one teaspoon of lemon juice in a glass of water, sip till meal time. I’ll check the Co-q10. It drives the doctors nuts because I eat chicharones, deep fried fat, mostly, and the cholesterol is good, always. that I can eat a bag of candy with little push on the sugar level and that levels back to normal fast 🙂 I’m getting stocked up on zinc and C. Zinc burns out viral diseases and C helps rebuild the body. niio

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  6. IvyMike says:
    3 years ago

    If you have type 2 diabetes you should eliminate carbohydrates from your diet and eat fresh food prepared at home, green beans, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli, lean meats, fish, and poultry. Get your flavor from herbs and spices instead of sugar and salt. The American diet is dessert for breakfast, dessert after every meal, salads dressed with sugar and meats drowning in sauces laden with salt and sugar. There is a world of wonderful flavors out there, delicious food that won’t make you sick. And fenugreek makes you stinky.
    25 years carb free.

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    • red says:
      3 years ago

      Mike, erk, I’m not a diabetic. Yes, I agree about diabetes. Yes, I eat a lot of meat now. In fact, I fried up a few pounds of fat to make chicharones! My cholesterol is in the low good range. We do not eat gluten. Japanese diet is dessert first, then the meal. The more animal fat, the better–and that’s pre-Buddhist traditional. Those eating a Western diet of wheat and barley are diabetics, same as in Native Americans. Animals raised on a chemical diet are high in cholesterol, where grass-fed (meaning on pasture, not a feed lot, kosher and hallal as demanded by the religions) is high in Omega-fatty 3s. Fenugreek is toxic in a small way, but how much is too much? It tastes like black walnuts and that’s how it’s used, an extract as a flavoring. For that matter, vanilla extract has cumarin. So, beans now are the major source of carbs because legumes had water soluble fiber. I have trucker’s disease, a kidney stone 🙂

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  7. Tommy says:
    2 years ago

    Bilberry is good for lowering blood sugar. I’ve taken it for many years and know it works. They are found in capsule form at WalMart and Dollar Stores. There used to be a warning on the label that it would lower blood sugar. Most people take it for eyesight also. I take one cap with each meal.

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