Your blood sugar level.

Here are some of the hundreds of herbs that can help you regulate your blood sugar levels:

1. Stevia
This herb not only lowers blood sugar levels; it even tastes great. The sweetness in Stevia is 300 times sweeter than sugar.

Stevia is called a unidirectional herb because it only brings blood sugar levels down, even if they were normal to begin with. For diabetics, using Stevia is a great way to sweeten foods that are bland and to delight the sweet taste buds while accomplishing health goals.

2. Gymnema sylvestris
This herb is amazing! If you have a taste for chocolate … the type of taste that drives you to finish every bit of the entire pound of chocolate, then Gymnema is the herb for you. That’s because if you eat a bite of chocolate, then follow that mouthful with Gymnema herb, the desire to continue eating the chocolate will automatically stop. You won’t finish the pound of chocolate.

Extracts or capsules of Gymnema can lower blood sugar levels and the glycosylated hemoglobin (Hb A1c) test results as well.

3. Cinnamon
Not only does cinnamon lower blood sugar levels, it also lowers cholesterol levels in those with type 2 diabetes. You’ll need at least one teaspoon if you’re using the herb from your spice jar, but the extract works a lot better and you don’t need as much.

4. American Ginseng
The herb ginseng contains medicinal constituents called ginsengosides that lower blood sugar levels after you eat a meal. About 2 to 3 grams of the herb can be taken daily, and the best time to take it is 40 minutes prior to a meal or with a meal.

5. Siberian Ginseng
The chemical constituents responsible for blood sugar lowering in Siberian Ginseng are polysaccharides, which are long strings of sugar molecules. Other constituents in the herb boost the immune system. These two characteristics make this herb desirable for diabetics that have problems overcoming infections.

6. Bitter Melon
If a herb is called Bitter Melon, you know that its taste can’t be that great! It’s a good thing that it comes in capsules.

This herb has three medicinal constituents that lower blood glucose levels: charantin, Polypeptide P, and gurmarin. Gurmarin is very similar to bovine insulin in chemical structure.