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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2431544" data-attributes="member: 401801">I didn't start with diet coke until I was diagnosed. No idea what it did to my blood sugars, as I only tested foods and seemed fine with diet drinks off the top of my head, but I do know for certain what it did to my intestines. (Sorry if TMI). Most artificial sweeteners are toxic to gut bacteria, and you don't want them to die off en-masse. You need those. I had my Coke Zero, and lots and lots of tea with about 5 sweeteners per mug/cup. Same amount went into my espresso. And it was agony. Took me so long to figure out what went wrong.... It got bloody too, and it took my insides forever to heal... Actually, I'm not sure they're done healing yet, (we're talking about 3 years or so down the road now) and there's permanent scarring. So if you can stick to partaking in moderation, and if you don't get issues you can't blame on metformin bowel-wise, and your blood sugars are fine... You should be okay. Just don't go overboard with the stuff. There's even more than non-alcoholic fatty liver and blood sugar fluctuations to consider.  These days I only drink chilled flat water and decaf Nespresso, no sweeteners whatsoever. And I don't even miss them. Just took some getting used to. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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