Diabetics have an increased vulnerability to heart disease, stroke, nerve damage, eye disease, kidney failure, infection and poor wound healing. High blood sugar contributes to these vulnerabilities, but is only one aspect of the problem. Several inter-related metabolic abnormalities are also critically important. Diabetics have a greater need than most other people for key specific nutrients that have the ability to influence the course of diabetic metabolism. For adult onset, type II diabetics, achieving ideal weight can be the most powerful of all diabetes treatments.
Exercise also helps to correct other abnormalities of diabetes metabolism.
Consult your doctor for the appropriate intensity. Many diabetics do well with the standard low fat high carbohydrate diet. However, a small percent find blood sugar control difficult unless they also restrict carbohydrates, especially those with high glycemic index. Often low in diabetics, most studies show an improvement in blood sugar control with taking vitamin C supplements. Extra vitamin C can affect the results of urine tests for glucose.