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    feeling tight in the chest and air hunger

    Thank you everybody for your suggestions. A quick update. Last night I went to one out of hours GP, after called 111, I explain him that I was affected by all the metformin side effects included metallic taste. He suspected reflux and prescribed me Gaviscon. Probably didn't understand me, btw...
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    feeling tight in the chest and air hunger

    Thank you Brunneria: 1) No didn't arrange an appointment with the GP even because if I am lucky can have one in 2 weeks 2) I had just read the metformin controindication are exactly my symptoms https://www.drugs.com/sfx/metformin-side-effects.html 3) I checked the website you gave me and seems...
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    feeling tight in the chest and air hunger

    Thank you for your answer and now I see the mx is 2500 mg per day !!!! I forget in the previous post that I also feel like unbalanced not always but quite a lot of time.
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    feeling tight in the chest and air hunger

    Hello to all, from a couple of days I have a tight feeling in the chest, but in reality I have the belly so swollen and tense and I feel as if I had eaten a whole cow, but I have not eaten anything. I have a slight twinge in the liver area that comes and goes. Last night I went to A & E thinking...
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    Type 2s: What have you eaten today?

    Today I started seriously the LC diet after almost one month of average reading of 11-12 mol/l.e Today fasting 8.9 Breakfast 3 scrambled eggs 2 sliced beacon Lunch couple of slice of ham 30 g of blue cheese salad with lettuce tomatoes olives and avocado After 2 hours reading 5.6 before dinner...
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    Food choices for LC diet.

    This is a nice news for me that I like the seafood! Usually about labels in supermarket I already check for all green when is possible.
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    Food choices for LC diet.

    Thank you Guys gonna have a look on all articles to learn what is good to eat.
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    Food choices for LC diet.

    Thank you ExD very helpful. Well sorry for my bad english. I meant for "clean past and bread" as cancel pasta and bread from my diet, that can for sure improve my BG readings. I would try the cauliflower mash as you said probably I like it, for the rest yes I like beef, pork, lamb and grilled...
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    Food choices for LC diet.

    Hi Guys, I'm quite new in this matter, but want to follow the low-carb diet (if is possible clean bread and pasta because my BG increase eating them). I have some food that don't like too much, for example:broccoli, cauliflower, chicken, salmon. Can I use Parma ham instead? I like it and should...
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    High BS value

    Well me too. I am uncomfortable over 7/8 mmol/l become to have my face warming, the ears are like in airplane, palpitations etc. Unfortunately since the doctor stopped glicazide my BG is everyday over 8. They stopped glicazide because my HbA1C is 45, and also because glicazide + 3g per day of...
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    High BS value

    Yeah Thank you Guys I see am not feel alone. I was diagnosed diabetic type 2 in 2010 in my own country, but due to continuos changes of countries for my work I didn't really had a good nutrition habit. Now I am stable in UK and I am followed by very good doctors and also with this forum I...
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    High BS value

    Well thanks everybody for your suggestions after 15 minutes walked and after 2 hours the BS is 12.5 which is quite normal since the GP stopped the Glicazide. Thanks again
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    High BS value

    Repeated the measure just 20 minutes after dinner and after my last dose of metformine now is 14.9
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    High BS value

    Oh really?! Never thought about that.
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    High BS value

    Thank you 13lizanne I'll try to do it. Usually I don't drink too much water but I'll try to do. I will post my lecture after the 2 hours.
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