Recent Content by Droyston

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    Type 2 Dawn phenomenon - hrmph!

    Metformin and alcohol are a bad mix for your liver. You may very well differ. Great if you do. I thought that I differed and that I could control alcohol. I almost ruined my health and potentially shortened my life by trying. I am now 60.
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    Type 2 Dawn phenomenon - hrmph!

    Exercise and not drinking any alcohol are the most important factors to reduce your blood sugar levels.
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    Advice on drinking and going out

    Don't play around with your health, if I was you I would cut out alcohol altogether. Much easier to manage. Don't forget that your liver is already getting stressed by from diabetes medication.
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    Prescribed Metformin but wondering I can do this on diet alone

    If I may, you are trying to take the medium path. Fast food is the worst possible stuff to eat. Are you sure that you have the will power to change ?
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    Prescribed Metformin but wondering I can do this on diet alone

    In my case, the breakthru was stopping alcohol completely. I lost 10 kg, reversed my type 2 and also got rid of my High Blood pressure. Getting drunk is fine when you are young. At the age 60, it's a question of living better and longer, or living a short miserable life ... I cannot insist...
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    Reversed my type 2 and high blood pressure just with exercise and diet

    Reversed my type 2 and high blood pressure just with exercise and diet
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    Facing The Dreadful Facts....

    Hi MissPooh, it's a very personal issue. What works for some may not for others. I had a type 2 diagnosed and 250 BG. I also suffered from High Blood pressure and was overweight. In my case, I quit alcohol completely, cut back drastically on carbs, eliminating sugar, started eating a lot of...