Beneficial Supplements.

get a blood test, high dose vitamins can be toxic if you don't need them and need to be monitored..
as for cinnamon etc
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keep on the fish oil

Just diet and a little exercise for me. I try to get all the vits and minerals from my food. I tell myself I would have some symptom or other if my body were short on the essentials.

What was your diagnostic HbA1c? Mine was 53 (7%) and Metformin was never mentioned. It isn't a miracle cure, it doesn't in itself lower BS levels. It stops your liver producing glucose to a limited extent, helps a little with insulin resistance, but is mostly an appetite suppressant.

Whatever supplements you decide to take I would check with your gp or cardiologist first before taking them, always better to err on the side of caution IMHO.

Without Metformin, the only way to get those numbers down is diet, and you have already started. You should soon be seeing a good reduction but try not to be impatient! It will happen, but stressing about it won't help. Have you any weight to lose? If so, losing it will help as much as anything, and a low carb diet done properly is the best way (in my opinion). Do you test at other times of the day? Morning fasting results depend on a lot of variables and are often the last reading to come down. I believe that a pre-evening meal reading is normally the lowest of the day.

HbA1C was 48 6 months ago, 63 3 weeks ago. I would ask and take your Dr's advice. diet, exercise and medication, do what it takes to get your BG within range

photognut said:

Before bed last night was 9.

The past 2.5 years have seen my weight soar from 9 stone - 12, so I want to get back to normal. I guess I can put the weight spread down to undiagnosed insulin resistance? I worked out yesterday the cal intake on my new low carb regime was 900 calories - I'm hoping that intake level with exercise should witness a reduction in waistline size too

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900 cals is not enough to sustain you very long, especially if you do any strenuous exercise. You will soon start to feel tired. The Newcastle Diet is 800 calories for 8 weeks, but can only be done under medical supervision. Try inputting your details into something like myfitnesspal, which will tell you how many calories you need to lose weight at your chosen level. I needed to lose 3 stones, I don't do any strenuous exercise, I just walk twice a day plus normal activities at home. 2lbs a week is about the right level. I was advised to eat 1200 calories, which I did, and found it easy. I was eating about 60g carbs daily. The rest came from fats and proteins. I lost my 3 stone, and then another 8lbs on top of that at a rate of about 1.5lbs a week on average. My problem now is to stop losing! My waist size dropped from 42" to 32", which has meant an awful lot of binge shopping for a complete new wardrobe. Great reward!