Hi - I had to send this message - saying how much I DISAGREE with Vaper's last response to you!!!
I refused metformin and statins entirely - researched and then told the diabetic nurse I was going to try the LC/HF Lifestyle change and wait until after the initial 12 weeks to see the results, before I would consider any meds at all.
I DID MY HOMEWORK/RESEARCH, but have found my NHS diabetes nurse and doctor really don't know as much about the subject as I do now (VERY WORRYING). I then went on their DESMOND course, and came away really disappointed in it. I felt they only gave information on reducing quantities, sugars and some carbs maybe - emphasis on eating less of everything.
They could have more usefully utilised the course to suggest other possible ways to try (eg., low GI; Mediterranean; LC/HF
Well said I applaud you. You have to take charge, and you did just that, they did not listen, recommend it seems? and I threw my metformin in the toilet, and change my lifestyle, intermittent fasting, low carb keto eating, no potatoes, rice, pasta or bread x 11 months, numbers absolutely normal by 11 months NO MEDICATIONS, and A1C reduced 23% in four months! Does that get recognised no way, instead Doctors pat them selves on the back, given Metformin that allows you to eat carbs if you want, why do that when you simply do not take metformin and change lifestyle, to amend and control things naturally.
I think everyone who is informed Pre or Diabetic then only then starts to research I did 300 pages of search Mayo clinic doctors Australia, World Health Geneva and what I found out was beyond belief amongst some, did you know the cut offs worldwide vary so much as they are due to arbitrary set, no clinical or medical support proof of evidence. Being an ex retired lawyer I am a great believer of proof of evidence. The numbers are at whim random they say to CAPTURE THE DESEAse earlier, THAT SEEMS SENSE, but its not as black and white as that.........it went from 140mg/dl fasting cut off to 110mg/dl and then suddenly 100mg/dl inbetween millions of people who were normal suddenly became abnormal pre or diabetic, but what also happened the pharmas gained millions of new clients for life, stripes, monitors, etc, etc, insulin. There should be one cut off worldwide the same, this criteria proof of evidence of clinical and medical support, that the world should follow, as currently, the system is unsafe and doubt prevails if one is diabetic, why, if you are in Spain their cut off that differs from UK Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and other means your diabetic, however, if you jump on a plane back home to Oz, UK for example, you then become Pre Diabetic by their standards of cut off levels for diagnosing...how frightening is that, how many people are mis labelled and more so given medication perhaps unnecessarily??????? more frightening.
They don't want to hear, it is a big business for all the Industry, if not, no doctor would prescribe medication first and foremost as 99.9% do??? instead it should be we put you on drastic change of lifestyle food, exercise, fasting, and low carb for 3 months and review your situation and take it from there, this is such a more pragmatic sensible way of dealing with Diabetes yes or no New Zealand does this and its the way to do it.
also my question after my researches from reputable sources, why is the medical world treading the SYMPTOM HIGH SUGARS instead of the cause, which is INSULIN RESISENCE,AS THE HIGH BLOOD SUGARS come from this the cause?
Diabetes should be targeted and focus on treating the Cause in my personal opinion, and this is not taking place, again, leave grey area of doubt why????????????????????????????
Mallorca