Want to prevent your chances of getting diabetes or eat foods that may help you feel better if you already have diabetes? Try these natural foods and vitamins: aloe vera (it may take up to 9 months of drinking aloe vera to see a difference in glucose levels), beans (green beans are particularly noted as beneficial), dandelion root, garlic, olive oil, omega three oils, parsley, watercress, vitamins A, C and E, magnesium, manganese, Co Q10, calcium and cinnamon. As you have probably noticed, many of these are the same foods that help prevent high blood pressure and high cholesterol!

I must emphasize that although most of these are foods or vitamins that many Americans eat already, if you have diabetes or other medical conditions, you should check with your doctor before making changes to your medical plan or prescribed diet.

The list of foods to avoid in order to prevent or help diabetes are, as you have probably guessed, much like the lists to help prevent high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Foods to avoid are: sugar, refined and processed foods (particularly refined carbohydrates), sugar, trans fats, sugar, tobacco, sodas, and sugar. Natural health experts do not recommend switching from sugar to sugar substitutes, as these may be very detrimental to your health. Experts recommend eating whole grains and complex carbohydrates instead of sugar.

As you check the ingredients list on your foods for sugar, keep in mind that sugar can also be called: fructose, glucose, sucrose - basically anything that rhymes with "gross"!