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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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- Diet only
Hi, as I'm now taking 2 metformin tablets twice a day, can I ask the forum if there is any point in having the second daily dose at tea time if that meal will be zero carbs? Thanks.
Yes, take the metformin regardless of the kind of food you have!can I ask the forum if there is any point in having the second daily dose at tea time if that meal will be zero carbs?
FBG levels are of hardly any use. Dawn Phenomenon (if strong in a person) will cause the FBG to go up even without any food whatsoever. In my case a zero carb meal will reduce my BG from the FBG level.Are you testing your FBG levels? If so what range are they in?
Have a look at the date on your teststrips!I've got a blood glucose monitor, but last used it six months ago. I don't like doing it, but will try to get a FBG reading tomorrow. The only symptom I have is getting tired and even falling asleep during the day (although getting to sleep at night is a different problem entirely).
Thank you Antje, I didn't know that. I'll test both before breakfast and when sleepy.Have a look at the date on your teststrips!
I wouldn't only get a fasting but also test when you get sleepy during the day.
Sleepyness after food can be a symptom of high BG.
I find the diarrhoea symptoms are less if you just have meat.When I took metformin, it said on the box take one with food no mention of low carb or whatever
When I took metformin, it said on the box take one with food no mention of low carb or whatever
How old are your test strips? And how high have your sugars been recently?I know this sounds ridiculously high, but I have just done an FGB reading, and it came out as 13.0 mmol/l.
I often work during the night, and so I haven't been to sleep yet but I haven't had anything to eat for more than 8 hours. I'm going to read it again after I've had some sleep. I just don't know why it came out that high.
I now realise I'm going to have to keep an eye on this in a more systematic way.
Were your hands clean and were the strips in date? As you say lack of sleep, stress, illness are all also factors as well as food. Yes a systematic approach provides a lot more information to work with.I know this sounds ridiculously high, but I have just done an FGB reading, and it came out as 13.0 mmol/l.
I often work during the night, and so I haven't been to sleep yet but I haven't had anything to eat for more than 8 hours. I'm going to read it again after I've had some sleep. I just don't know why it came out that high.
I now realise I'm going to have to keep an eye on this in a more systematic way.
Hi, as I'm now taking 2 metformin tablets twice a day, can I ask the forum if there is any point in having the second daily dose at tea time if that meal will be zero carbs? Thanks.
NewI just had a sleep for around 5 hours and tried it again, and my BG is down to 11.8 mmol/l. The strips are in date (until December) and I washed my hands. So I think this is my real FGB figure, as the other one was pre-sleep.
When I took metformin, it said on the box take one with food no mention of low carb or whatever
My point is that there are no mention of any types of food to take the dose with, whether low carb, halal, kosher, vegan etc.It won’t.. they want you to take it whatever. And it’s only recent years that doctors etc have ‘started’ accepting low carb works