Diabetes

Nearly 10% of Washington state adults have diabetes, and 33% have prediabetes — so it’s vital to manage your health risks. At Acemed Seattle PLLC, the experienced diabetes and prediabetes specialists use integrative medicine approaches. They follow traditional standards of care and support you with empowering methods like lifestyle medicine, botanical medicine, and premium-grade supplements so you can take an active role in your care. You can live a high-quality life with prediabetes or diabetes, so don’t wait: Call the Woodinville, Washington, office or book an appointment online.

I have diabetes. What is the best treatment?

There isn’t a single-best diabetes treatment, but there is an approach that’s best for you. To help find out the right approach for your unique needs, Acemed Seattle PLLC uses a variety of specific tests to evaluate you as a whole person. 

In addition, the specialists spend time connecting with you, discussing your feelings and thoughts, and empowering you to take charge of your own health and wellness. 

Through this highly personal understanding of what your body needs, they recommend a customized diabetes management plan. The evidence-informed integrative medicine approach to diabetes combines standards of care and unique naturopathic medicine treatments, including:

• Lifestyle medicine: Diet, exercise, and other methods
• Education about the disease and your overall health
• High-quality supplements to correct micronutrient deficiencies and other problems
• Prescription-grade botanical medicine to help improve insulin secretion, decrease glucose absorption, and improve other aspects of your health
• Prescription medication (like insulin for Type 1 diabetes) where needed

At Acemed Seattle PLLC, diabetes care isn’t a scary tangle of confusion: It’s an easy-to-understand road map toward improving your health, based on your body’s individual needs. 

If I have prediabetes, can I avoid getting Type 2 diabetes?

Yes, you can prevent Type 2 diabetes, even if you already have high blood sugar levels. But if you have prediabetes — consistently high blood sugar, but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis — your risk of the disease developing is high unless you take action. 

Acemed Seattle PLLC is here to help you reverse your prediabetes through many of the same methods in use for people with active diabetes, but with a particular emphasis on lifestyle. 

Can my primary care provider treat my diabetes?

Yes, and Acemed Seattle PLLC primary care providers have unique expertise in many of the areas that are most important for patients who have diabetes, particularly chronic disease management. 

Because providers emphasize whole-body wellness, they can help you manage diabetes and other conditions and needs like:

• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Autoimmune disease
• Environmental toxins like mold and heavy metals
• Women’s health 
• Heart disease
• Thyroid disease
• Arthritis
• Kidney disease
• Respiratory diseases 

Acemed Seattle PLLC is an oasis of calm and a source of support in the midst of confusion and worry about diabetes and other health problems. The experienced specialists are ready to help, so phone the office or click the online booking feature now.