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    What are the main things to eat to lower my HbA1c blood sugar levels?

    I totally agree about doing a DAFNE course. It really helped me.
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    Alcohol as a BG lowering agent

    Your BG could go up for 2 reasons. 1: Do you carb count for the food you eat at meal times? If not then this could be 1 of the reasons. 2: Your background insulin may need adjusting with you having high BG so speak with your diabetes nurse regarding this. Hope this helps
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    newbie

    hi. Am 42 and was diagnosed with type 2 at Christmas 2013. Am currently taking metformin and also take glicizide tablets to lower my blood sugar. It's nice to know that we can all help each other on here and get a better understanding of diabetes in general. Alec
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    metformin

    I was told by my diabetic nurse that metformin is used to use the insulin in the body that has been produced to work better