Multivitamins are important for boosting your immune system and fighting disease. Multivitamins also help you burn glucose efficiently and may decrease the amount of insulin you need to lower your blood sugar. Insulin exists as long and shorter acting types. Before beginning a multivitamin regimen to better your health, talk to your doctor. Multivitamins may affect the dosage of insulin you need to control your blood sugars. Also, medication interactions may occur as a result of taking a multivitamin and a prescribed insulin medication.
Diabetes
Diabetes is controlled by diet, exercise and medication treatment, including by insulin. The type of diabetes you suffer from dictates what type of insulin or medication you need. Sometimes, in type 2 diabetes, just a change in your diet will lower your blood sugar to normal. A blood sugar higher than 120ug/ml is considered abnormal and above the normal range. An abnormal blood sugar indicates your body is not producing enough insulin to help you burn the calories and rid yourself of sugar in your blood. Insulin helps to chase the sugar into your cells to leave your body through digestion of food.
Short Acting Insulin
Short-acting insulin such as Novolog and regular insulin help to lower your body’s blood sugar within minutes. Your doctor will educate you regarding an insulin scale that tells you what blood sugars will need insulin coverage. Blood sugars will need to be taken on a regular basis depending on what your doctor prescribes. Again, a multivitamin may change the amount of insulin you need to lower your blood sugar.
Long Acting Insulin
Insulin that takes longer to act in your body includes, Lente Insulin, Humulin Insulin, NPH Insulin, Humalog Insulin and premixed insulins such as Humalog Mix 70/30, Novolin 70/30 and Humulin 50/50. Each one of these insulins reacts differently in your body to control your blood-sugar. Although longer acting insulins have indicated times of peak and therapeutic reaction, everyone’s body is different. Your body may not react the same as indicated in medical documentation of insulin treatment. Your blood sugars will require close monitoring and evaluation from your doctor.
Multivitamins
Multivitamins will help you feel better, giving you a better sense of well being. Multivitamins help your body digest food at a faster rate and help to metabolize glucose while breaking down fats for your body’s use and energy source. Multivitamins may help to reduce the risk of attaining a type 2 diabetes diagnosis by the regular consumption of a multivitamin containing vitamin D and calcium. Because multivitamins help to reduce the effects of diabetes, they also lower your blood sugar and need for insulin coverage. This balance needs constant monitoring from your doctor and follow-up treatment to check the need for insulin vs. a multivitamin.
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