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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThePenguinPimp" data-source="post: 1848509" data-attributes="member: 265801">I chew the gum literally before I get out of bed as that is the point my sugars start to climb.. I decided yesterday to try it as I can never eat quick enough to stop my liver dumping the glucose (I actually didn't have gum yesterday so I literally chewed on my tongue lol) and it seemed to work.  My thinking was to prevent the liver doing the glucose dump in first place.. It will be interesting to see if it continues to work or if its just been a fluke.I totally get your concern about the doc just prescribing you more drugs.. it feels like you end up taking tablets to cope with the side effects from other meds!  I can say however that metformin has definitely worked for me (just had my hba1c results and since starting on metformin 6 weeks ago (with no other change to my diet but I am low carb anyway) it has dropped from 84 to 56! Delighted is not the word!  However, what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another..  The metformin side effects were unbearable though so since last Fri I have been taking 500mg berberine (with tumeric capsules to help with absorption) 3 x daily and 1000mg slow release metformin once a day (with meal) and I think the results are actually better than when just on metformin but time will tell.  I have spent year after year of being told my diabetes is 'poorly controlled' with a huge lump of blame placed squarely at my feet despite doing nothing else but obsess over carbs and my health in general!  I eventually put myself on metformin after just having enough of the insulin resistance and didnt dare to hope for the results I've had.  I should have been on it 20 years ago!  I hope you can find a combination that works for you.</blockquote>

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