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<blockquote data-quote="erin40" data-source="post: 2352494" data-attributes="member: 533887"><p>[USER=101136]@Jaylee[/USER] thanks for asking. Yes I have a meter. My endo recommended that I stop using it for the time being though. My BS wasn't high before, and it isn't high now, I just feel way better, and I can eat more foods without feeling like I've just ingested five chocolate bars or three cans of coke.</p><p></p><p>[USER=432241]@Circuspony[/USER] Some of these herbs do affect glucose absorption, or at least, they lower blood sugar so I am assuming they do. My blood sugar wasn't high to begin with though, as I was eating low carb. The herbs supposedly do a lot of things in addition to that though, and I think this is where I am getting a benefit. I don't really want to say what they are on the forum, because they aren't necessarily good for everyone with diabetes, like, some of them can exacerbate autoimmune issues. But they are a variation of some common Chinese herbal formulas that are used for diabetes.</p><p></p><p>[USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] I added the herbs on recently, well after all the other stuff, so it's clear that the additional benefit is from them. I am not giving the herbs sole credit though - the other things have been helpful too. But they weren't improving the situation, they were just keeping it from getting worse. I seem to be actually getting better now, & I wanted to come on here and mention it, because if I do have a problem it's of the T1 variety & supposedly is not supposed to respond to lifestyle-type interventions. Yet that's not my experience.</p><p></p><p>(Edited by moderator)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="erin40, post: 2352494, member: 533887"] [USER=101136]@Jaylee[/USER] thanks for asking. Yes I have a meter. My endo recommended that I stop using it for the time being though. My BS wasn't high before, and it isn't high now, I just feel way better, and I can eat more foods without feeling like I've just ingested five chocolate bars or three cans of coke. [USER=432241]@Circuspony[/USER] Some of these herbs do affect glucose absorption, or at least, they lower blood sugar so I am assuming they do. My blood sugar wasn't high to begin with though, as I was eating low carb. The herbs supposedly do a lot of things in addition to that though, and I think this is where I am getting a benefit. I don't really want to say what they are on the forum, because they aren't necessarily good for everyone with diabetes, like, some of them can exacerbate autoimmune issues. But they are a variation of some common Chinese herbal formulas that are used for diabetes. [USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] I added the herbs on recently, well after all the other stuff, so it's clear that the additional benefit is from them. I am not giving the herbs sole credit though - the other things have been helpful too. But they weren't improving the situation, they were just keeping it from getting worse. I seem to be actually getting better now, & I wanted to come on here and mention it, because if I do have a problem it's of the T1 variety & supposedly is not supposed to respond to lifestyle-type interventions. Yet that's not my experience. (Edited by moderator) [/QUOTE]
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