HOW TO TREAT & REVERSE
DIABETES NATURALLY
Capital Diabetes Center offers an integrated whole health approach to treat and reverse diabetes using a combination of Western Medicine, nutrition, mind and body, and alternative medicine to provide Diabetes Care without Side Effects!
01. Services
Prediabetes Risk Test
An estimated 88 million (more than 1 in 3) American adults have prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. What’s more, more than 80% percent of those people don’t know they have it. Having prediabetes greatly increases the chance of developing type 2 diabetes and other serious health conditions. It’s critical for Americans to learn their prediabetes risk, be screened regularly, and take the steps necessary to delay or prevent type 2 diabetes.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) launched its first risk test in 1993. The risk test was adapted by a published study and validated using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To simplify the test, only health traits that people would know about themselves were included, such as age, height, and weight, but not blood sugar or cholesterol levels.
A person with a high score on the online risk test (5 or higher) is at significant risk for having prediabetes. However, only a blood test can determine an official diagnosis.
02. Services
Diabetes Diagnostic Test
The best screening test for diabetes is the fasting plasma glucose (FPG).
03. Services
Diabetes Prevention Service
Our practitioner is certified and recognized by CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP).
This service is an evidence-based national program focusing on healthy eating and physical activity which showed that people with prediabetes who take part in a structured lifestyle change program can cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58% (71% for people over 60 years old).
Diabetes Prevention Program
By joining Capital Diabetes Center’s Diabetes Prevention Program, you may cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes in half! These goals include:
- Lose 5 to 7 percent of your weight.
- Take part in 150 minutes or more of physical activity each week.
You can trust the quality of our evidence-based program because it’s part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Prevention Program.
What to Expect
For the first four months of the Diabetes Prevention Program, you’ll attend weekly sessions with a certified lifestyle coach to learn how to:
- Achieve a healthy weight.
- Build physical activity into your daily routine.
- Eat healthfully at home and away from home.
- Manage stress.
- Stay motivated.
Then, you’ll attend sessions twice per month for five months. For the final three months, you’ll meet monthly.
Cost & Insurance Coverage
Check with your health insurance provider to see if your plan covers the cost of the yearlong program. If you have Medicare, the DPP is a covered benefit, and you can attend the program for no charge. Click here to enroll, or text or call us at 703-373-3677 to enroll.
Refund & Cancellation Policy
We will not refund the program fee unless you can give us proof of a job transfer, serious illness or other extenuating circumstance.
02. Services
Medications for Diabetes
- Metformin, Glipizide, Trajenta, Invokana, GLP 1s, insulin, statins, blood pressure medications and/or additional medications may be prescribed.
Studies have shown lifestyle changes can help people with diabetes maintain better blood sugar control and reduce the risk of diabetes complications. These complications may include heart disease-heart attack, stroke, heart failure, reduced kidney function leading to kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage and vascular disease and amputation.
03. Services
Alternative Medicine
Our whole health holistic diabetes care approach allows us to incorporate a wide variety of disciplines available to care and treat diabetes which may include acupuncture, chiropractic medicine and stress management.
Acupuncture & Holistic Herbal Remedies
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a holistic approach to treat a person’s mental and physical health problems. It includes acupuncture, herbal remedies, and several other treatment methods.
A growing base of clinical studies have shown that the use of acupuncture as a complimentary treatment for diabetes alongside with traditional diabetes treatment, lifestyle changes to improve diabetes symptoms.
Acupuncture can treat multiple diabetes related problems including relieving pain, sleep, high blood pressure, impotency, and diabetic neuropathy.
According to The World Health Organization, “Acupuncture is an effective technique for over 100 medical conditions including diabetes.” It can help with weight loss, metabolism, organ function and nerve pain. Cortisol, a hormone released during stress, will be better regulated during acupuncture. Several sessions are usually recommended to target the condition along with a maintenance program to keep the energy flow and channels open.
04. Services
Integrated Diabetes Care & Weight Management
We use an integrated treatment approach to help you lose weight naturally and permanently including, but limited to nutrition, exercise, supplements, medications, and non-invasive laser treatments…
Excess body weight & fat contribute to insulin resistance, stroke, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, orthopedic problems, sleep apnea, and depression.
⦁ Tests for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes
⦁ A1C Test
This blood test, which doesn’t require not (fasting), shows your average blood sugar level for the past 2 to 3 months. It measures the percentage of blood sugar attached to hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. It’s also called a glycated hemoglobin test.
Test Results: An A1C level of 6.5% or higher on two separate tests means that you have diabetes. An A1C between 5.7% and 6.4% means that you have prediabetes. Below 5.7% is considered normal.
⦁ Random Blood Sugar Test
A blood sample will be taken at a random time. A blood sugar level of 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) — 11.1 millimoles per liter (mmol/L) — or higher suggests diabetes.
⦁ Fasting Blood Sugar Test
A blood sample will be taken after you have fasted from the night before. A fasting blood sugar level less than 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L) is normal. A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 125 mg/dL (5.6 to 6.9 mmol/L) is considered prediabetes. If it’s 126 mg/dL (7 mmol/L) or higher on two separate tests, you have diabetes.
⦁ Glucose Tolerance Test
Overnight fasting is required for this test. You will drink a sugary liquid, and then blood sugar levels are tested regularly for the next two hours.
A blood sugar level less than 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L) is normal. A reading of more than 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) after two hours means you have diabetes. A reading between 140 and 199 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L and 11.0 mmol/L) means you have prediabetes.
Book your appointment here:
Call/text 703-373-3677
Email: [email protected]
⦁ Weight Management & Diabetes Prevention/Education
We use CDC-approved lifestyle change weight management program. You’ll get full support and learn how to eat healthy, add physical activity to your routine, manage stress, and stay motivated to achieve your weight loss goals.
This program is proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Participants who lost 5-7% of their body weight and added 150 minutes of exercise per week cut their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 58% (71% for people over 60 years old).
We provide diabetes consultation in person, or remotely via tele-medicine via phone, or the internet.
⦁ One-on-One In Person
Tele-Consultation via Phone, Zoom or the Internet. We can provide private consultation anywhere in the world!
Click here to book your in person consultation: [email protected]
⦁ Email Consultation at: ⦁ [email protected]
⦁ Text Consultation: 703-373-3677
⦁ Traditional Diabetes Treatment
Type 2 diabetes：
⦁ Weight reduction with diabetes diet and exercise.
⦁ Diabetes medications (oral or injected) may be prescribed if natural weight loss is not achieved through diet and exercise.
⦁ Insulin may be initiated If other medications become ineffective.
Type 1 diabetes：
⦁ Weight reduction with diabetes diet and exercise.
⦁ Type 1 diabetes diet
⦁ Insulin
⦁ Alternative Diabetes Treatment
Diabetes is the main cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, and lower limb amputation.
In recent years, acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medicine have been widely used in the treatment of diabetes. Acupuncture can correct various metabolic disorders such as hyperglycemia, overweight, excessive appetite, and hyperlipidemia. Acupuncture can also increase insulin sensitivity and improve insulin resistance.
Chinese herbal medicine has significant advantages in the treatment of diabetes and its complications.
