5 Best Teas to Lower Blood Sugar

Controlling diabetes in a natural way involves including certain foods in the diet that lower blood sugar, and there are also teas that help with control and health, without the need for medication.

The use of teas in general, when included in diets, helps to promote satiety, energy and diuresis as they are a very tasty and healthy source of water. The Arabs, Turks, Indians, Asians and English already have this custom of including teas between meals, so they are more selective about what they eat and don’t overindulge, and they enjoy excellent digestion.

There are natural ways to control sugar without relying on medication, such as some teas that also help with weight loss. According to studies published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, consuming more than four glasses of tea a day reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Green Tea is a plant extract obtained from the leaves of Camellia sinensis – a plant belonging to the Theaceae family and native to Asia, used to produce green, black, white and oolong teas. The difference between these products lies in the processing of the plant’s leaves.

Green tea helps with weight loss, as it is a diuretic and rapidly lowers glucose and hemoglobin A1c. It also helps to rapidly reduce insulin.

Black tea is extracted from the Camellia sinensis plant, just like green tea. It is also highly oxidizing and contains the theaflavin group of polyphenols, which are not present in other teas. 

When drinking tea, do not sweeten it, to get the benefit of lowering blood sugar and helping your body process sugar more efficiently. This tea helps to reduce sweet tooth after meals in normal people and pre-diabetics.

Chamomile tea comes from the Asteraceae/Compositae family and has two varieties German Chamomile (Chamomilla recutita) and Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile). Its flowers contain many terpenoids and flavonoids.

Drinking this tea has been shown to improve the condition of patients with hyperglycemia and diabetes complications due to high blood sugar, as it increases glycogen stores in the liver and inhibits sorbitol in human erythrocytes.

Ginger tea, extracted from the herbaceous plant Zingiber officinale Roscoe, has been used for millennia as a medicinal plant and flavoring agent. Ginger roots can also be taken to relieve pain, nausea and vomiting.

It can also be used for weight control, as it is a natural thermogenic and helps to speed up the metabolism. It also helps to control appetite and inhibit the intestinal absorption of fats.

Drinking ginger tea can reduce fasting blood sugar, HbA1c and insulin resistance.

Hibiscus tea from the Hibiscus sabdariffa plant is originally from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa. This plant is found in subtropical and tropical climates and has a perennial branching stem with three different classes: green, red and dark red (most commonly used).

Studies have shown that hibiscus extract reduces blood sugar by 12%. Hibiscus is also low in sugar and having few calories won’t cause your sugar to go out of range. In addition, hibiscus tea promotes an increase in good HDL cholesterol and lowers levels of bad LDL cholesterol, which is another good reason for diabetics to include this tea to help their health.

You can find these leaves for sale in bags and soak them in hot water. Or you can buy a sachet with the tea mixture and let it steep in hot water until it changes color.

Attention! These teas may be contraindicated for pregnant women, those with chronic kidney disease and those with heart disease. If in doubt, consult your doctor.

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