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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSecretCarbAddict" data-source="post: 2696968" data-attributes="member: 587131">Metformin doesn't actually stimulate increased insulin production. What it does is reduce the amount of glucose released by the liver and improve how cells absorb glucose, improving efficiency of the insulin that is produced.I'm on the opposite journey to you... until about 3 weeks ago, I was maxed out on all oral diabetes medication. By making quite radical lifestyle changes (going very low carb and doing time restricted eating / intrmittent fasting) over the last 8 weeks, I'm now off two diabetes meds and my blood pressure tablets. In due course, I am also hoping to get Metformin reduced or removed, but that will be the last to go if at all. Also, while an increase in your normal levels can be worrying, this needs to also be looked in a wider context. One of my non-diabetic relatives wore CGM out of interest, and their average blood glucose level was 6.2mmol/L. I don't have their HbA1c to tell you how this translates, but I found it an interesting piece of information in terms of my own diabetes management.But as I said above, T2 is quite individual, and you need to see what works for you.</blockquote>

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