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I hope I don't sound like I stuff my face with carbs all the time Denise. I do a lot of mountain biking and judo training, which burns a lot of calories, and ever since I became diabetic I've had to compromise with what kind of high energy food I eat & drink. The high energy sports drinks, gels...

Thanks for that. Sorry to hear that bergamot extract didn't work for you. I do know that it doesn't have an immediate effect, it takes around two months for it to kick in. Personally I'm not really bothered if bergamot extract lowers my cholesterol or not, same as statins, cholesterol's...

Hahaha!.........I know what you mean. I often find myself standing in front of the supermarket biscuit shelves........just looking, and remembering what they tasted like :hungry: I was dead lucky with metformin because it works flawlessly for me, and I don't get any side affects, except...

Thanks for the link Denise.......very interesting. I want to stop taking statins because it's making me daft for about an hour when I wake up in the mornings. I think statins are over prescribed anyway, more for the benefit of the pharma companies. There's also the possibility that statins...

Thanks for the info, I'd forgotten about my Pharmacist and she's very good. You say you control your T2 with diet.......well done you! By cutting out processed food, all things sugary and using added sugar, I'm now back in the green and officially low risk :joyful:

Hi, Along with metformin I take simvastatin, and I would like to substitute simvastatin with bergamot extract. But as bergamot reduces blood sugar levels I'm not sure if I can take bergamot in conjunction with metformin. Does anyone have any info on this.......other than advising me to ask my GP?

As bergamot reduces blood sugar levels, does anyone know if it would be detrimental to substitute simvastatin with bergamot, if taken in conjuction with metformin?