Vitamin A overdose may cause headaches in diabetic patients, while vitamin B6 overdose may cause sensory disturbances. Also, chromium will not reduce the appetite for sweets. Before taking any dietary supplements, diabetics should check with their doctor or nutritionist that they will not interact with medications they are already taking.
In the United States, as much as 66 percent patients withdiabetestype 2 takedietary supplements , of which over 90% uses preparations containingvitaminsand minerals. It has also been found that they abuse vitamins A and E. Meanwhile, vitamin A and vitamin B6 can even have a detrimental effect if they are used too often or if they are overdosed.
In the case of vitamin A, this can happen when the patient is taking various preparations containing it at the same time. Then there may be headaches, alopecia areata, excessive exfoliation of the epidermis, and bone and joint pain. When you overdose on vitamin B6, you may experience neurological disorders, such as sensory disturbances.
Chromium, which is very popular among people with diabetes, usually does not provide the expected benefits. According to the manufacturers of agents containing chromium, it is supposed to lower blood sugar levels and suppress the cravings for sweets. But such an effect of the element shows only in people who have a chromium deficiency. This applies to elderly diabetic patients and women who have given birth many times. In other cases, chromium is simply excreted in the urine.
People with diabetes need a wise diet
Therefore, according to nutritionists, diabetics should focus on he althy eating, and use dietary supplements after obtaining the doctor's approval. Many more benefits come from a he althy diet, especially when you eat foods with a low glycemic index (GI). It is enough, for example, to replace boiled carrots with raw pasta or not to overcook pasta, but to eat it al dente, so that the IG index (it shows how much glucose in the blood increases after eating a given food) is lower. And the lower the glycemic index, the smaller the spikes in blood glucose and the better the control of diabetes. Simple culinary procedures, such as sprinkling raw carrots with lemon juice and pouring olive oil on it, further reduce the glycemic index.
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