After I posted my answer I spent a bit of time looking for research regarding CBD to treat diabetes.

(I'm a little "odd" - I read studies "for fun" published by NCBI - the National Center for Biotechnology Information, that are related to Diabetes)

My memory was correct in that there is no direct correlation between the use of CBD and diabetes treatment. There are a couple of anecdotal reports of someone throwing away their insulin, but no clinical proof.

I did however find a recent clinical study (a couple years old) that is the first that has showed a "clinically measurable benefit" with regards to diabetes.

To summarize what they found - If a person with diabetes suffers from diabetes induced "pain" - so perhaps bad nerve pain - the CBD can help control sugar levels in such an instance.

When you experience pain your body releases the hormone Cortisol (a self produced steroid). Cortisol causes your liver to release sugar (glycogen) into your system which will raise your blood sugar.

Using CBD to treat the pain lessens the effect of the pain so less Cortisol is released which results in less Glycogen released by the Liver which results in a "lower blood spike" in response to that pain.

So YES, in a very round about way CBD has been clinically noted to "help prevent a blood sugar spike", but in that very limited (occurrence). But given the cost of CBD compared to a bottle of "store brand Tylenol or Motrin", both of which would likewise "knock the pain back" resulting in less Cortisol being released, I personally don't see the benefit.

There is still "no clinical evidence" that it does anything to assist with blood sugar levels as an adjunct treatment all by itself...

There is a "few" studies out there looking at both cannabis and CBD in use with diabetics.

I don't remember all the details or the methods or even what they were specifically looking at, but the bottom line of the few studies that I read concluded that there was "no notable statistical difference" in the fasting or A1C levels of diabetics whether or not they used a cannabis product.

I used the oil, It not for me.

thanks for that graham,have been wondering,but with computer problems hvent been able to research.

There is some on-going research around CBD "and" Canabis as treatment for any number of conditions now. So probably in a couple of years there will be some "solid results" that decisions can be based on.

Currently, there is a bunch of anecdotal evidence, but if a product or drug or supplement actually provides some benefit it should be measurable, apply to the majority and be repeatable.

And what I mean is, if CBD is reported to lower blood sugar then it "should" work in a larger group of diabetics, not just one or a few.

That doesn't mean they should all see "the same benefit", some may see a drop of a few points, some may see more or less, but certainly the "majority" should get "some measurable" benefit indicating that it's actually working on the sugar levels and not just some symptom that "some people have" that is effecting the diabetes (if you follow what I'm saying).

Because otherwise it may work for Bob, who has inflammation resulting from something unrelated to diabetes, but taking the CBD reduces the inflammation which in turn results in lower blood sugar for "Bob". But Mary might take the stuff and see "zero results" because it's "not treating the blood sugar" in and of itself.

However, if it's "legal" (which both CBD and Cannabis is legal in Canada) I wouldn't discourage anyone from trying it on their own "just to see" if it will help their "specific situation".

I just don't like when a company or whatever makes "claims" that are not supported with direct clinical studies that show a correlation to what they are claiming.

Some supplements give a long list of "clinical studies" as reference but none of them have actually anything to do directly with their product. So just because some concoction contains cinnamon, that yes has been studied and does "minutely" lower blood sugar, that doesn't prove that "their product" that has a bit of cinnamon with ten other substances is "clinically proven" (in their secret formula) to treat diabetes "better than drugs" which many imply.