Recent Content by mickey4

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    Peanut butter

    You can buy pb with no added sugar which helps a little. I eat pb on 1 slice brown toast ( toast has no added sugar ), I limit my toast to 1 slice...hope that helps
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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    18/12/19 male ...late 70's... weight about 70kg...slim !! Been on metformin for few years..2x500mg....sugars usually around 7.3 fasting...don't seem to get any lower ….I try to keep carbs fairly low each day...possibly well under 80.... and...no added sugar at all to anything... I do have stewed...
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    Stopping Metformin

    Thanks for that.....now 1x500 metformin in morning with food.....BG readings run at 6.8 t0 8.5 fasting...not too happy with readings over 8...most readings are around 7.5 I eat porridge oats 30g carbs with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 under level dessert spoons both of flax meal and chia seeds...
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    Stopping Metformin

    well...one can read and read and get more confused I am type 2...3 years.....got my BG levels down by low carb and 2 x500 metformin each day recently saw D Nurse.....average BG down to 5.8 but spikes happen and often my BG is now 7.4 to 8.3 fasting in the morning....then possibly in late eve 10...
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    Type 2 BS readings morn & eve

    I am type 2...... 77 years old....metformin 500 till early this year.....Hba1c = 6...this month....taken off meds at last Hba1c 3months ago 6.8 I do low carb as I can..try to keep well under 100/day......I check BS levels ....morn fast....then eve 2 hours after eating ( but not every day )....I...
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    Taken off Metformin

    I was on 2x500 Metformin and HbA1c dropped to 6 so I was taken off meds at once....I now control by low carb, doing this by myself, not nurse....I do BG readings , not every day but fairly often but always morning fast....and 2 hours after evening meal..my readings after eating are somewhat...