Oldvatr
Expert
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
A very important piece of info. Firstly a drop of 0.3% in an HbA1c result is within the error margins for the test equipment, so is not actually proving the claim for Curalin. Your 7.4 average equates approx to that 6.3% HbA1c/ How many samples is that averaged over? If only a week or less, then will still be quite 'noisy' so will have larger fluctuations compared to say a monthly rolling average. Do you have any graphs or trend analyses to confirm that the drop is sustaining, which is what you need to verify the claim? You do seem to have introduced Metformin 500mg midway through your testing, and this will have an effect of between 0.5 and 1 mmol/l which in turn will drop your Hba1c by about 0.3%
I ask these questions because I too have experimented with most of the ingredients in curalin as single supplements, and have often felt that it had helped, only to find it was a mirage and actually due to other interactions with diet or circumstances I am actually in the middle of such a test myself, by using Gymnema Sylvestre to replace my Gliclazide. So far my sugars have risen a bit, but are coming down again. I suspect that I am changing my diet to compensate rather than the GS bedding down. Certainly, the last time I did a GS trial, there was no rise after I stopped it.
My experience so far is that there s a possibility that some of those ingredients can be acting as a purgative, and reducing insulin resistance which remains in place after the treatment ends. Similar principle to the Newcastle Diet but on a smaller scale. In the old days, we used to de-coke our pistons in the car wih Reddex for the same reason.
