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It's counter intuitive I know to be eating more refined sugar than complex carbs but my hba1c is lower that way. Would it suggest that less damage is happening? Without any meds the reverse is true. But on meds they seem to affect blood glucose rises from sugar intake better than blood glucose...

I have always had the feeling that sugar was less problematic than starch for me. But really for me it amounts to this - is a short lived spike in blood glucose better or worse for a diabetic compared to the slow drip - drip of a modest rise in blood sugar over a longer period in time? In other...

Hi graj0. Low carbing. Overall in a day I probably eat reletively low carb amounts. But I do not seek to remove them from my diet. If I have little carb at a metformin meal then I get the trots. I learned that regular quick release metformin is out of my system inside two hours. Eating slow...

Hi Michael WCH. My hba1c is usually tested twice yearly. Sometimes the doctor gets confused with the new measurements and mistakes 59 for 5.9 but who am I to tell him his job? This forum keeps me informed. I've never been told to test my blood sugars, but I have been allowed to do so with the...

Hi everyone. This is the first post I've written even though I've been watching the forum for a couple of years. I'm t2 and was diagnosed nearly 7 years ago. I had previously had gestational diabetes when I was 37. I will be 50 at the end of the year. There is a strong family history of t2...