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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 388305" data-source="post: 1766096"><p>Until recently, I had been on Metformin since it came out. One is typically given an initial dose of 500mg to develop tolerance. That dosage is not actually therapeutic. The problem with Metformin, and most diabetes drugs for Type 2s is that it does not address the disease, but only the primary symptom (high glucose levels). Metformin prevents your liver from releasing glucose into the bloodstream (one of the primary components of the Dawn Phenomenon). So it does not actually lower your blood sugar, it just prevents it from being as high as it might be. The good thing is that it does not raise your insulin. Type 2 diabetes is caused by insulin resistance. You have to demand less insulin to become more sensitive to it. We all know people who shake a large amount of salt on their food before they even taste it. Why? Because they are so used to eating salt that it takes that much for the food to taste salty to them. A Type 2 needs more and more insulin to control his blood sugar, whether he produces it himself or takes it, because his system has steadily increased the need. The reason a low carb diet and intermittent fasting are effective for diabetes is that they give your body less need of insulin, giving it a chance to recover some sensitivity. In my case, even a very low card diet provided a marked improvement of the disease, but not until I really gave my liver, pancreas and muscles a break by adding intermittent fasting, was I able to achieve normal blood sugars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 388305, post: 1766096"] Until recently, I had been on Metformin since it came out. One is typically given an initial dose of 500mg to develop tolerance. That dosage is not actually therapeutic. The problem with Metformin, and most diabetes drugs for Type 2s is that it does not address the disease, but only the primary symptom (high glucose levels). Metformin prevents your liver from releasing glucose into the bloodstream (one of the primary components of the Dawn Phenomenon). So it does not actually lower your blood sugar, it just prevents it from being as high as it might be. The good thing is that it does not raise your insulin. Type 2 diabetes is caused by insulin resistance. You have to demand less insulin to become more sensitive to it. We all know people who shake a large amount of salt on their food before they even taste it. Why? Because they are so used to eating salt that it takes that much for the food to taste salty to them. A Type 2 needs more and more insulin to control his blood sugar, whether he produces it himself or takes it, because his system has steadily increased the need. The reason a low carb diet and intermittent fasting are effective for diabetes is that they give your body less need of insulin, giving it a chance to recover some sensitivity. In my case, even a very low card diet provided a marked improvement of the disease, but not until I really gave my liver, pancreas and muscles a break by adding intermittent fasting, was I able to achieve normal blood sugars. [/QUOTE]
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