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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Male1960T2" data-source="post: 2700508" data-attributes="member: 587857">I tolerated Metformin quite well @4×500mg per day.I did try Berberine for a while, only 2 capsules a day with no detrimental effects, and it may marginally have lowered my GL, but it was marginal and as metformin is free on NHS I didn't think it was worth taking, especially as it could contain anything being unregulated.The very best way I've found for lowering GL is a CGM, it allows you to see exactly what foods are sending your GL to the moon.It's very motivational, and it almost turns you GL into an addictive game.It also stops you overdosing with insulin.I now consider diabetes as more of an addiction to sugars and carbs, than a irreversible and progressive  chronic medical condition.In four weeks I've gone from 70 long term and 15 short term per meal, plus 4×500 mg metformin, and an A1C of around 80, to no long term insulin, occasional 4 short term if GL is approaching9.5, 2x500mg of Metformin, and heading towards remission level AIC.It took 2 weeks to stabilise the wild fluctuations in GL and now for 4 days I have stayed in the green mostly without insulin and have lost 6KG.This is progress, as less insulin means less weight.I was told by a diabetic specialist two and a half years ago, that a serious infection resulting in a week in ITUand a month in hospital had "destroyed my pancreas and it wasn't producing any insulin any more. So she upped my insulin.</blockquote>

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