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There are four sides to the Type II problem.

The first is insulin production in the pancreas and liver.

Just producing more insulin is not enough, and too much insulin could negatively affect the second side: insulin resistance/insulin sensitivity. There are some suggestions that consuming artificial sweeteners can temporarily boost your insulin production; but in turn this could lower your insulin sensitivity.

Likewise taking injected insulin could increase your resistance to insulin.

The third side is sugar digestion and absorption in the intestines. People may have a type of bacteria in their flora that over-digests food and also contributes to weight gain.

And the fourth side is overweight and metabolic syndrome. This means it is easy to gain weight and even harder to lose it.

In any event, supplements used to achieve some of this:

Turmeric. Anti-Hyperglycemic and Insulin Sensitizing Effects. (3g x 3 day) Reduces liver glucose and glycogen production. Many other good effects.

Ginger. Fasting Blood Sugar, Hemoglobin A1c, Apolipoprotein B, Apolipoprotein A-I and Malondialdehyde in Type 2 Diabetic Patients (4g x 3 day, before meals)

Cloves. Cloves improve glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. (1g/day)

Gymnema sylvestre (300mg x 2, 15 minutes before meals.) Stimulates insulin release in vitro by increased membrane permeability. It promotes regeneration of islet cells. It increases utilization of glucose: it is shown to increase the activities of enzymes responsible for utilization of glucose by insulin-dependant pathways, an increase in phosphorylase activity, decrease in gluconeogenic enzymes and sorbitol dehydrogenase. Gymnemic acid molecules fill the receptor location in the absorptive external layers of the intestine thereby preventing the sugar molecules absorption by the intestine, which results in low blood sugar level.

Organic Spirulina pills. (Increased slowly up to 5g/day) Can improve insulin sensitivity in Type II patients by 250%.