Would your doctor take Avandia for diabetes? I doubt it, especially since it could cause a heart attack.

A study found that people, who took Avandia for at least a year, increased their risk of heart failure or a heart attack by 109 percent and 42 percent, respectively.

These numbers are alarming.

Thankfully this knowledge has lessened its use but simply switching to metformin may not be the answer either. Metformin is a drug that makes your body's tissues more sensitive to insulin and it's the drug of choice for type 2 diabetes.

This is unfortunate because type 2 diabetes is 100% avoidable and can be treated primarily through proper diet and exercise.

Type 2 diabetes stems from an insulin problem where leptin signaling is working as it should. Therefore, diabetes can be controlled by recovering your insulin and leptin sensitivities.

There is a lot of help out there for those that wish to normalize their weight and treat diabetes naturally. Here are some things you can start by doing on your own which are easy to do and don't cost an arm and a leg.

Start by following these simple guidelines:

1. Cut out or severely limit sugar and grains in your diet. Determining your body metabolic type is also important since you need to know whether you burn carbs or proteins best. Therefore, along with reducing grains and sugars, determining your nutritional type will give you some insight into what foods you should use to replace the grains and sugars.

2. Exercise regularly. I'm sorry but you cannot get away from it. Exercise increases the sensitivity of your insulin receptors, causing the insulin already present to work much more effectively, so your body doesn't need to produce as much.

3. Avoid trans fats. The damage that the introduction of margarine has done to our bodies will never be quantified. Thankfully, today we are much more aware of trans fat dangers and many companies are removing it from their products. However these products are all processed and don't need to be in your cupboard in the first place.

4. Get plenty of omega-3 fats. These are available in fish, supplements, Chia or flax seeds. All are easy to find and inexpensive to add to your daily diet.

5. Get a good night's sleep every night and natural adaptogens can really help in this area.

6. Look to EFT for eliminating or dealing with emotional issues that lead to eating the wrong kind of food. EFT is easy to learn and quite effective.

7. Deal with weight issues effectively by cleansing/detoxifying in order to give your body the tools it needs to repair the damage done by toxins you are exposed to in your daily life.

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