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By diet only I reduced my Hba1c from 119 to 49; diet is far more potent than the effect of Metformin which comes with side effects, including in my case, Raynaud's syndrome [painfully cold hands & feet]. I tried diet first & achieved fasting average around 7.6, which was not helped at all by...

Metformin is prescribed so often as it is an old & therefore cheap medication. I was diagnosed type 2 with an Hba1c initially of 119. My experience of trying Metformin is that it did not help my fasting glucose levels which averaged 7.6 in the morning but it did help curtail glucose levels after...

Alpha cells in the pancreas produce hormones that stimulate the release of glucose by the liver but when you eat, hormones are produced that suppress these alpha cells & so reduce the amount of glucose being released by the liver. Hence if you are sufficiently diabetic that you aren't able to...

You should ask for the contact details of the authority determining what your GP can prescribe; you will then have to argue your case [as I did] for permission to have Contour Next strips prescribed by your GP. The case is quite simple, the cheaper test equipment [in my case Nexus Gluco Rx] that...

The pancreas has alpha cells that produce glucogen which stimulates the liver to release stored glucose. When you eat, hormones are released that suppress this production of glucogen for upto 8 hours. When you have breakfast your glucose level will go up at first but after it should become...

Metformin appeared for me to have a more or less identical effect to exercise as regards improving glucose levels but in my case neither had any effect before breakfast which in the end I concluded was down to insufficient insulin to cope with the amount of glucose being released by the liver...

I had exactly the same problem when taking Januvia. As regards Metformin, the day after taking it for the first time I developed Raynaud's Syndrome. There is a process where blood flow is restricted to the extremities in order to keep vital organs warm when necessary but Metformin appeared to...

There are a lot of factors but one that rarely gets mentioned is that when you haven't eaten for 8 hours [first thing in the morning] alpha cells in the pancreas are producing more glucogen than they would at other times of the day because when you eat, hormones are released by the stomach that...

There are a lot of factors but one that rarely gets mentioned is that when you haven't eaten for 8 hours [first thing in the morning] alpha cells in the pancreas are producing more glucogen than they would at other times of the day because when you eat, hormones are released by the stomach that...

You would have thought the government responsible for implementing any change, as they are for other regulation in our lives. At least our government will [hopefully] soon be free to decide [without EU interference] & we thus empowered, as we will be able to vote them out if we don't agree with...

Perhaps that was the price Ted Heath felt he had to pay in order to do the deal but in any event, continued membership of the European Union is what prevents any recovery of our fishing industry. Consider Iceland, Greenland & Norway who have protected their fishing industries by not joining the...

Back in 1975 I voted to stay in a Common MARKET; we are now voting on whether we want to stay in what has evolved to become a European UNION. There is a big difference [the name change tells it all] but those campaigning for remaining in the European Union only want to talk about the 'single...

My understanding is that we have greater maternity/paternity rights in this country than that enshrined in European law & hence it is erronious when the remain campaign suggests [as they have from time to time] that maternity/paternity rights would be at risk if we vote to leave the European...

The European parliament is indeed elected proportionally which is better than first past the post because as you say, it is more democratic. The European parliament is therefore more democratic than our parliament but as regards power, it is more akin to our unelected house of lords. It does...

For me the central issue is democracy which I would interpret as the ability to vote out a government you do not support & vote in a government promising a manifesto that you do support. In the European Union it is appointed individuals [the 28 Comissioners] who have the power to decide what is...

I believe the EU was responsible for changes in the rules for driving with Diatetes & if so, I am not sure they should get the credit when they acknowledge they went too far in the first place as regards night time hypos.