Supplements
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- Kirkland Organic Multivitamin
- Apple Cider Vinegar/Manuka Honey
- Black Seed Oil
- Vitamin K2 100MCG MK-7
- Physicians Choice Thin 30 Probiotic
- Moringa
- Baking Soda Capsules
- Cayenne Complex (Extract)
- Ashitaba
- Sea Moss + Bladderwrack
- Quercetin
- Cranberry Concentrate
- Apricot Extract
- Maca Root
- Korean Ginseng
- Ginko Biloba
I'm taking these for various reasons, mostly preventative, to keep blood sugar/pressure regulated, keep kidneys healthy (some relatives having kidney issues had me paranoid and increased awareness of the fragility of them, plus the stats on people with kidney disease), The bladderwrack for bladder repair for years of kratom use (peeing very often). Quercetin for immune system support, which has helped me not get sick.
I have a few questions
1. Do any of these counteract each other?
The reason I'm making this post is because recently after eating my blood sugar has gotten too low (a bit of dizzyness), I tested it 15 min after eating dinner and dessert and it was 115.
A lot of these have the same effect of lowering blood sugar, so it seems to have gotten too low after eating by taking all of these
2. Which ones should I cut out if I had to?
Thanks
(NC)
09/05/2025
Make a chart with each supplement and list what each is supposed to help with. If any supplements duplicate lowering of blood sugar, decide which one to keep and ditch the others.
(Pennsylvania)
10/28/2025
MY HUSBAND HAS DIABETES AND NONE OF YOUR SUPPLEMENTS is a big name here like BERBERINE or GYMNEA. ACV lowers BS but it with honey so it doesn't here.
take your supplement throughout the day. and check BS. was it on first and only day?
or you took them before/after and BS was ok.? maybe it was something else?
Ted's Alkalizing Remedies
★★★★★
Morning blood sugars are 130-150. Lots of weight gain in last few months all around my upper mid section and no change in my diet or routine. I use stevia, not sugar, and do not eat a lot of junk. I generally only eat once per day. I have been taking home made kefir, inulin, cod liver oil, chromium, biotin, flax seed, chlorophyll for a month and my sugar never budges below 120 even though I only eat 1 meal per day.
Finally woke up this morning and my urine was pure blood, fasting sugar 130. My urine will not even change the color of a pH strip it is so acidic.
After re-reading all Ted's posts on kidneys, I went in and made his PH remedy:
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Citric Acid
- 1/8 tsp Potassium Bicarbonate
- 1/2 glass Distilled Water
In about 45 minutes, I went to bathroom and pH strip was now registering about 6.7...not great but much better...
Curiously, I checked my sugar and it was 99!!!! I had just eaten supper less than 2 hours before and I can't remember the last time I had a sugar reading below 120 even after fasting.
So getting the pH alkalized had an IMMEDIATE impact on my sugar. I will continue his remedy twice per day and adjust amounts till I get the PH to at least 7 and I pray this is going to be the long term cure to both issues!!!
Thanks for posting this! I went off the zero carb rails, which was bad enough, but THEN I went off the keto rails, altogether, Christmas Eve, with both wheat and sugar - plus I'm dehydrated which all came together as kidney pain and a nasty burn-type rash - as if my own sweat was pure acid - yikes! Old school baby powder (talc) helped a lot with the pain and discomfort but didn't clear up the rash. Activated charcoal loaded petroleum jelly seems to be clearing it up but the slightest sweat and the pain and itching starts right back up. So, since you can't just rehydrate overnight, I'm definitely going with the formula you posted.
(Faithville, Us)
12/31/2020
I was just reading Ted under type one diabetes and he says ginger and L- threonine are important for kidneys, I use both most days. L threonine has an R in it. I had a hard time realizing that theonine and threonine are very different, because I had a hard time locating threonine. I thought people were just misspelling the word. I found it online Bulk brand. Coconut oil cold pressed is also amazing for kidneys and liver health.
Also, chanca piedra is nicknamed stonebreaker and also helps with kidney health.
(NC)
01/05/2021
Update Day 6...had a morning blood sugar of 103! Lowest ever. PH strip is at 7 and Feel better than ever.
Thai Herb Kratom
★★★★★
My problem is that I am 320 pounds, and without the metaformin my blood sugar avers at 190 to 200 in the morning.(this is with an hour walking everyday)
My son gave me an herb called Kratom. I have reserached the amount and caution for the effects, etc. Last night I took a teaspoon before I went to bed and my blood sugar was 126 this morning. I got the same results a few days ago when I went to bed with 250 blood sugar, the next morning it was 135.
I would like to take small portions of this herb, maybe every other day, just teaspoon at night to help keep my blood sugar low until I can get a prescription for metaformin. (I takes about two months to get into free clinic here)
My question: would this be a safe way to keep my blood sugar balanced? ( also take 250 g of effexor, but have researched and it seems safe with my medication.) I would appreciate any information on this. Thank you.
(California)
02/14/2016
(Ca)
09/27/2016
I'm commenting on a three-year-old post but maybe it will be helpful to someone.
I am taking berberine instead of Metformin. Metformin made me feel ill. Berberine does not.I take four berberine a day, one before each meal and one at night. I don't take any other medications. It seems to be bringing my fasting blood sugar levels down but I have not been taking them long enough to swear by it.
(Anytown, USA)
12/12/2024
A teaspoon of kratom may be way too much for many, particularly to start. Start with no more than one gram. And it should be noted that while kratom is miraculous and wondrous, it is indeed addictive.
(Pennsylvania)
10/02/2025
unlike prescription painkiller?
Turmeric
★★★★★
I was diagnosed about a year ago. I was put on metformin. I found that taking 2 caps of turmeric with each meal dropped my sugar levels to normal after 2 hours of eating. I found that taking 4 cap. of turmeric with metforman once a day dropped my sugar levels too low around 60.
I now am off all prescription diabetes medicine. The way I did it was I took chromium normal dose for 30 days. Tumeric with food for 30 days. Ginger and cinnamon with meals for 30 days. After that I stopped the metformin.
I watch my diet and don't over eat and stopped ALL sodas. My levels I check once a week now in the morning (fasting) and they are allways under 100. Before over 130.
(Melbourne, Florida)
05/30/2009
how much tumeric? what milligram did you take?
(Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
04/10/2011
★★★★☆
I have been on Diabeta and Metformin for 20 years, and at the top doses of these meds for two years. I am now drinking lots of water, taking chromium picolinate, coconut oil and cinnamon, watching my diet (including increase in fiber), and have lost some weight. I have now cut my daily Diabeta dose of 20 mg to 10 mg, and hope to reduce my Metformin from 850 mg three times per day to 500 mg three times per day, if my next A1C (in 6 weeks) is down. I look forward to trying turmeric.
(Or)
07/29/2013
Thank you for your suggestion of turmeric. Unfortunately my medication of effexor blocks the effeciency of turmeric. (as per past information from this site) Is there any information I can get on the benefits/side effects of taking kratom.... or any other supplements that might help me lower my blood sugar? I am using coconut oil and Apple Cider Vinegar as well.
Urine Therapy
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(Dickinson, North Dakota)
04/14/2013
WARNING!
Urine has a high level of urea which is a form of organic nitrogen. Organic Nitrogen is toxic to the body which is why your body expells it in the urine. You should not drink urine.
Walnut, Akrot
★★★★★
(Kendal, Cumbria)
06/05/2011
Interesting to hear about the walnut!! But is this just one.? once a day? and nothing else in supplement form? thank you.
White Distilled Vinegar
★★★★★
(Suttons Bay, Mi, Usa)
12/22/2011
The best Vinegar to use is Apple Cider Vinegar. It is Raw & Unfiltered, with Mother in it. It is used for so many ailments including Urinary Tract Infections, weight loss, lower blood sugar, lower cholesterol/Triglycerides, cramps, headaches, This product will kill Viral Infections such as colds, the Flu, staph, use on cuts to clense and heal, and many many other ailments. It is extremely healthy/beneficial to the body!
(South Africa, North West)
11/27/2012
