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In the USA: Magnesium Stearate Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Nov 11, 2024. Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance) What is it? Magnesium stearate (Mg(C18H3502)2 or octadecanoic acid) is a solid, white powder at room temperature. It is a FDA-approved inactive...

I have no experience with using insulin, but is it possible that *because* blood sugar tends to go high when ill, that this is part of the equal and opposite reaction to a high. Is it true that after blood sugar goes high, it can go equally low later on? I would think that you eatin gmore carbs...

Is it possible that you have become somewhat insulin resistant over time? I have heard that the more insulin one uses, the more chance that might happen, for some people. Another idea - could you go for a 30 minute walk right before or right after you know you will eat a high carb meal - would...

Just to give some perpective on quantity as you figure this stuff out, for the purposes of diabetes in the US, a *serving* of beer for a diabetic is considered to be 12 ounces. ( 4-5 ounces of wine, one shot of hard liquor) A UK pint is 20 ounces volume and the UK ounces of volume are slightly...

That small dinner might have been 3 servings of carbs, a small amount of protein (only 6 0r 7 grams) and not much fiber/veg, unles you didt tell us the whole meal? Choose just one serving of potato or the one serving of bread, not all 3 servings. Why not have 2 eggs instead of 2 potatoes? And...

If you really want to answer that question, you have to keep measuring each day and see if there is a pattern or not. Only then will you know what was rogue or not. If you are later than usual for a meal, will your liver put out some blood sugar to tide you over? Is your blood sugar elevated...

Do you have a carb limit? I can never eat as many carbs as you do in one meal. I was told to eat 1 or 2 servings (15 grams= 1 serving) of carbs per meal and only occasionally to allow myself to eat 3 servings in one meal, like for a holiday treat. Obviously everyone is different, but what is...

I have a family member recently moved to Market Harborough. If you are on a budget, this is not the town for you to stay long, in general. Things were highly priced there, IMO.

Correction: a bag of British crisps are called potato chips in America and while they have some flavours you won't get in the US, they are just as carb-full as any white potato product. One ounce is one serving of 15 carbs if there is not additional sugar added in the flavoring.

I am sorry to hear that you are feeling things are so difficult right now. I hope this forum gives you some support. Here are a few things to consider. 1. You mention anxiety and depression. Are you on any meds for those? The reason I ask is that sometimes antidepressants do cause people's...

You can get good results right away by really limiting carbs to one or two servings per meal. (A serving is 15 grams of net carbs, like 1/3 cup of cooked rice, a *small* slice of bread, 1/8 cup dried fruit, 1/2 cup raw berries, 1/2 grapefruit, it's really only a half portion of oatmeal when made...

When you say your BS was high, do you mean HbA1c or do you mean morning fasting level, or do you mean testing after a meal? Personally, I'd not want to double the dose suddenly like that. If I had to increase my dose, I'd do it more gradually, like when you first went on the drug. If my blood...

Whatever dietary changes you make, make them gradually so as to not upset your sensitive system. If you must eat carbohydrates, can you eat sweet potatoes instead of white? Whole grain bread instead of white? Whole oats instead of instant? Barley? Brown Rice? The whole grains may go a bit more...

Each person is different. Dosage depends on bady size, your glucose numbers, and doctors shoudl take into consideration how much exercise you do, how many carbs per meal or per day you eat, your fasting glucose number, too. It is important to test your blood glucose more often at first, so you...

I, know what you mean about the terribly bitter taste of Stevia, but I find I don't notice it in lemonade I make myself. When making things like ice-cream, I try hard to cut down how sweet I make things, so that by now, I don't use much of the sweetener as compared with what I would have wanted...