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I have been on Metformin since April 2021. 500 g initially and then plus another 500g . I was checking my bs before and after low carb meals and discovered my fasting level was always around 9 mmol. I have no symptoms of diabetes and decided since I don’t look overweight I probably have too much...

I started testing my blood several times a day and realised it was high first thing (around 9mmol) went up and down a bit but ended more or less where it started at bedtime. Then I started monitoring my fasting blood test only. As a low carb diet had made little difference to my weight and I...

My husband and I have just been reading Prof Roy Taylor’s latest book “Your simple guide to reversing type 2 diabetes” and realised what is causing my diabetes. It’s my liver. At 75 and otherwise fit and heathy (apart from an hba1c reading of 67) I am not the weight I was when I left school ( in...

I’ve been taking 500 mg/day since 14 April and been testing my bs since March 2020 on an ad hoc basis The past couple of weeks I’ve been testing my bs before and after meals etc and I can’t see any change ( except lots of holes in my fingers!). It’s still the same as it was before starting the...

I am 75 female and two years ago was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic with my only symptom being a raised ( 59) blood test. I have studiously given up sugar and most carbohydrates. I cycle a lot on my electric bike. It is hilly where we live. My waist size is slightly over what it should be ( too...