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I am attempting to keep to a low carb diet and certainly feel better in myslf. Howrver my hba1c has not reduced sufficiently ans so i have been strarted on metformin slow release. when i had the ordinary metfomin 2 years ago it made me vomit so it was stopped as my hba1c was lôw 40s. it then...

I have one that I buy myself. It has really helped me to see how different foods affect my BG. Was trying to do finger prick tests and got very sore fingers. now i have 24 hour feadings and records of hba1c. Istarted metformin this week so will be interested to see the effect. very easy to...

I am keen to follow the low carb diet but get confused as NHS advice from the dietician is still to eat carbs. I was losing weight but have stuck. I know wheat products give me indigestion so there is good incentive to avoid them. Unfortunately so do salad products especially lettuce which...

7.9. I suspect I will be on the metformin soon. Used to be around 8.9 and has come down with cinnamon tablets . Some days down to 5.4 but rare

i have to say that it does seem to bring my blood sugars down. i test frequently as i am trying to improve my dietary control. .y fastimg has always been about 8.3 but since starting syntra 5 it has been coming down to the 5s and 4s which was unhrard of. interestingly when i ran out the level...

Thank you all for your help and support - what an interesting forum this is

I have had borderline high fasting blood sugars for a least 20 years and inconclusive GTTs. As far as I knew I had never had an HbA1c done until I went to a private health screening clinic last year and was told it was 52% and I should see my GP. It was repeated at 53% and so I was told I...