A single glass of vitamin-D-fortified milk sending half a day's recommended dose of the vitamin coursing through your body! It's very exciting, all this vitamin-y goodness. Vitamins, which are organic substances found in plant and animal sources, help our bodies function properly. They're crucial to the activities of our cells, our organs, immune systems and general energy supply. They may even help ward off cancer.
Arginine can reduce insulin resistance. Diabetics cannot sufficiently utilise carbohydrates such as sugar, which is an important energy source. Insulin plays a significant role here as it is a blood-sugar reducing endogenous hormone and the production of insulin is lower in those affected.
Your liver can significantly raise your blood sugar level by producing excess glucose even though there is already enough sugar in your bloodstream. Sorghum slows down the liver-induced gluconeogenesis âa process that can be especially problematic for diabetics. 19 The result is less new glucose entering the blood. 19 This beneficial mechanism of controlling sugar production in the liver is similar to the anti-diabetes drug metformin. 30.