I am over weight. I am 6'5" and 330lbs. Even though I have a naturally large frame and muscular, I have a good bit of fat on me, but the fat is on its way down steadily with daily exercise and proper eating. Also, my cholestorol is great and don't need medication to help with that so far. I religously eat steel cut oats for breakfast everyday.
I have always been wary of taking other supplements due to medication. I have been researching ginkgo, but I am on daily aspirin and have seen a few warnings about ginkgo and blood thinners. As for arginine, I have had a couple of episodes of atrial fib. where I had to go to the hospital to get my heart rhythm stabilized. I went through several tests including a nuclear stress test to determine what caused it because the a. fib. just hit without warning. Everything came back normal with no blockages and no damage. From what I have read on arginine, I have some reservations about taking it.
I will try this tea with some decaf green tea I have.
For dysthrhthmia a fib and v fib you need to take 3 grams of fish oil per day. Also the leading cause of both high blood pressure and diabetes is the lack of a certain mineralk that being magnesium. dibetics shouls be getting roughly 600mg of magnesium per day irregardless of what medications one is on. As far as asperin and ginkgo you want to keep the blood thin diabetics tend to have sluggish blood flow due to the extra sugar high triglycerides and elevated levels of saturated fat. Asperin causes ED i high dosages. Ginkgo does not, i would opt for the ginkgo, keep in mind ginkgo can render some medication like siezure med and anit epeleptic medications useless.
Best bet is Fish oil 3 grams per day and magnesium.
Cut out saturated fat keep it to a minimum.
Increase the injestionn of raw nuts and seeds.
Oatmeal is ok for keeping cholesterol low and is a good source of fiber but that should be the only starch you alow yourself.
Increase the consumtion of vegetables to 12 servings per day this should knock the blood pressure down as well as the blood sugar and wight as well.
Fruit like apples, and oranges, pears help break down the insulin resistance hyou may want to add a apple or two per day.
Put cinnamon on your oatmeal.
Eat lots of lean cut meats and tuna salmon eggs now ant then for the omega three fatty acids.
Get into the habit of taking chromium picolinate 800mcg per day, lowers blood sugar. Makes your diabetic medication work more efficiently so that in the future you can lower the dosage with your physicians supervision.
Also keep in mind most diabetic medications make you fat with the exception of glucophage. Glucophage may actually help you lose weight.
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