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I recently got some Nutra Science 500mg 98% purity berberine capsules from Amazon. You have to be very careful where you buy it as some of brands have little or no berberine in them and the best have nearly 100% purity. See this comparison on some US berberine brands ... As a result of...

See https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/metformin-and-reduced-vitamin-b12-levels-new-advice-for-monitoring-patients-at-risk Metformin strips the body of vitamin B12. A B12 deficiency causes neuropathy symptoms. I suggest you take B12 and stop metformin if you are getting negative side effect...

I just discovered this video which explains the link between vegetable oils and heart disease ... There are two problems with vegetable oils ... 1: Plant Sterols are involved with blood clots 2: They cause inflamation

I am still taking 300mg benfotiamine twice a day. It seems to have helped lower my fasting blood glucose and average glucose. My fasting blood glucose has been under 6.0 for the last two weeks apart from one day when it was 6.3. Average 5.7 for the last week. My GMI (last 14 days) on my Dexcom...

Get a glucose meter, test your fasting glucose first thing and then before and 2hrs after eating to see if the food is spiking your blood sugars. Look for less than a 2 mmol rise after 2 hours. Edited by mod to remove rule breaches

5.8 at 06:15

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I have always refused to take statins for the following reasons: 1: They increase blood glucose which makes diabetes worse. 2: There is little benefit for people on a Low Carb High Fat diet with well controlled blood glucose because inflammation, which causes plaque in the arteries, is...

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Restless leg at night may be because of a magnesium deficiency. See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/leg-cramps-what-do-people-do-to-prevent-or-treat-these.203925/

Two weetabix has about 26g of carbs, so is not a good choice. If you have type 2 diabetes that will probably raise your blood sugar between 5 and 10 mmol. Eggs are good. I eat Alpro NO SUGAR yoghurt for breakfast. Get a blood sugar monitor if you haven't got one and test you glucose before, 1hr...

Olive oil is best. You need to avoid the highly processed oils such as corn oil, sunflower oil and rapeseed oil. See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/omega-6-apocalypse-are-vegetable-oils-driving-the-rise-in-obesity-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes.204927

5.6 at 07:33

Get a blood glucose meter and go on a low carb high fat (LCHF) diet.