Garlic (Allium sativum) is an herb, a plant or part of a plant applied for its flavor, scent, or potential therapeutic properties. It contains flowers, leaves, bark, fruit, seeds, stems, and roots applied to flavor food. Garlic is processed, applied in dietary supplements and medicinal purposes. Garlic has such chemical applied for health purposes as allicin that provides garlic with its strong taste and odor. People who apply garlic in significant qualities have illnesses rarer.
It is known that garlic has some biological activities that are beneficial in the treatment of diabetes type 2.
Side effects and other risks.
Garlic is quite safe for people. It interacts with different kinds of drugs. Garlic applied together with certain medicines that treat HIV/AIDS (NNRTIs and saquinavir), lessens their effectiveness. The interaction with birth control pills, cyclosporine, medications that are broken down by the liver, and blood thinners (including warfarin) is quite possible. Among other possible effects there are an odor on the breath or skin, an allergic reaction, stomach disorders, diarrhea, and skin rash.
Magnesium is a mineral. It is available in big qualities in green leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds, and some whole grains. It is found also in the forms of tablets, capsules, or liquids.
Magnesium has beneficial influence on the heart, nerves, muscles, bones, handling glucose, and besides it is responsible for the production of proteins. People, who suffer from diabetes, have low levels of magnesium. There is the relationship between magnesium and diabetes. Magnesium does not affect blood glucose control. Low magnesium levels may influence glucose control and make it worse in type 2 diabetes (interrupting insulin secretion in the pancreas and increasing insulin resistance). Besides, it leads to diabetes complications.
Side effects and other risks.
Magnesium supplements is quite safe for people, when used in small quantities. High doses are dangerous and lead to such complications as nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, extremely low blood pressure, irregular heart rate and confusion. Magnesium can interact with such drugs as some antibiotics, drugs that prevent osteoporosis, some high blood pressure medicines (calcium channel blockers), muscle relaxants, and diuretics ("water pills").
Omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3s, for short) are a group of polyunsaturated fatty acids that are found in food sources, such as fish, fish oil, some vegetable oils (mainly canola and soybean), walnuts, wheat germ, and certain dietary supplements. omega-3s can also be available in capsules or oils, frequently as fish oil.
Omega-3s are very beneficial because of their influence on the body’s functions. It moves calcium and other substances in and out of cells, relaxes and contracts muscles. Besides, it has a beneficial influence on blood clotting, digestion, fertility, cell division, and growth. Omega-3s lessen the rate of heart disease, inflammation and triglyceride levels. It is recommended to use omega-3s, through meals, oils and supplementation. Omega-3s are useful for people who suffer from diabetes, because they lessen a person's risk for heart disease and stroke.
It was researched that omega-3 supplementation lessens the incidence of cardiovascular illness and events (such as heart attack and stroke) and makes the progression of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) slower. It is not quite known about the effect from omega-3 supplementations on people who suffer from with type 2 diabetes is the same. It was researched that fish oil lessens triglycerides and raises LDL cholesterol but its effect on fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, total cholesterol, or HDL cholesterol is insignificant. It should be determined whether omega-3 supplements are safe and beneficial for heart problems for people who have type 2 diabetes.
Side effects and possible risks.
Omega-3s are safe for people when applied at low-to-moderate doses. The safety is controvercial while speaking about fish oil supplements, because contamination of some species of fish with substances from the environment, like mercury, pesticides, or PCBs can be possible. Fish oil is "generally recognized as safe" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should not take fish oil supplements. Fish oil applied in high doses can interact some medications such as blood-thinning drugs and drugs for high blood pressure. Among possible side effects of fish oil there are a fishy aftertaste, belching, stomach disturbances, and nausea.
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