No my natural methods were Ceylon cinnamon with keto diet  and exercise. Which was good for 5-6 years.


Now I do keto diet and some pharmaticals. works better then the cinnamon

https://www.drugs.com/jentadueto.html


A lot depends on your age.

the younger you find the problem the better off you are with no drugs if you can make it work with a decent number. say 110 daily sugar number and 5.7 a1c

I have eaten the American/English chestnuts which are merely okay.

I did have good numbers with this cinnamon


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00416T8Q6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1BZKRV4BRWPE1&th=1

has to be Ceylon not Vietnamese.

and a lot of plain greek yogurt. https://www.target.com/p/fage-total-5-milkfat-plain-greek-yogurt-32oz/-/A-46778312?  full fat not low fat.


diet is tough as you age. If I had figured my issue out at 50 vs 60 maybe diet would have worked longer.

But I had some eye damage and some other damage before I figured out the diabetes diet was good from 2018 to 2024 I went on meds feb 2024

Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 – Patients with type 2 diabetes should be treated to achieve an A1C between 7 percent and 8 percent rather than 6.5 percent to 7 percent, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in an evidence-based guidance statement published today in Annals of Internal Medicine. Source