Digestive Enzymes: An Unexpected Diabetes Game Changer

Many thanks to multiple people here, especially @Winnie53, and especially for the enzyme discussion. I had amylase and lipase measured. Amylase is high (~80) while lipase is low (~30). The received wisdom I could find is that the lipase is not too low for effective digestion, that very little is needed. But for up to 3 years now, some fatty foods seem not to digest as well, and sour cream even tastes a tiny bit more sour, it has a faint unpleasant bite. I still eat a lot of sour cream for the texture and the high fat diet, but its flavor isn't too enjoyable anymore. (Cheese and ice cream still are.)

Another evidence of recently impaired fat digestion is that this year, I gave melted coconut oil a try for its nutritionally superior fat types, but every single time, it gave me a stomach ache. That was from sipping 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls. Coconut oil consists predominantly of medium chain triglycerides, which supposedly don't even need to be digested to be absorbed. The book with this advice (I think it was one of cardiologist Stephen Sinatra's) reports that both long chain and short chain triglycerides need to be digested in order to be absorbed (counterintuitive about the short chain TG's).

Among the causes of pancreatic enzyme deficiency is aging. That goes for every new malady that has emerged in the last 3 years! "Old." "Old." "Old."

Interesting, my fasting is usually 85-87, but the postprandial is 140-180.

Sorry to ignore the recent posts, but just wanted to say that I have ordered two pots of the B vitamins as used by the OP and will be interested to see if it has similar results with my husband and I, who both have Prediabetes, although with low carbing we now have 'normal' blood sugar readings.
We both low carb and eat moderate amounts of fat in the form of fish, nuts, extra virgin olive oil.

I read the OP at the time but have had a busy couple of weeks so I haven't followed the rest of the thread, which looks quite complex!

@Winnie53 thanks for your reply.

I have stopped monitoring my bg levels as they have been very good recently, in fact I think my tolerance for carbs has increased although this is not something I do often!

I intend to monitor mine and my husbands bg levels before and after we take the supplements.
I will update you with the results.

What I do like about these supplements is that they are from whole food which I think it's much better than synthetic supplements.

Well the supplements have arrived!!
I have to be honest and say we haven't tested but I do intend to start to see if I see a pattern, not going to carry on if no effect on my BG.
My husband is taking them to as he had prediabetic BG reading some time ago. Although his last Hba1c was 32 but he low carbs to achieve this.

Well we have been taking them religiously twice a day and our fasting this morning was 5.7 exactly the same for both of us.
We tested as soon as we woke up.
We will continue to test every morning and then when we finish the tablets continue to test to see if the BG readings stay the same.
To be honest I am a little disappointed, I had hoped for a replication of your results Winnie!
But still good results in that they are normal, albeit this used to be the sort of reading we both got when testing regularly. Once we were getting normal readings and hba1c's we had got out of the habit of testing.
But it was definitely worth a try

And 5.3 this morning, my husband 5.4, so much better! We will carry on monitoring once we finish the tablets.

Another 5.3

Last morning of the supplements, will continue to monitor my BG and see what happens.

Well 24 hours without taking a supplement and my fbg is 4.4, however I took it after I had been up and active for 20 minutes!

Well yesterday am 48 hours after stopping 6.4, but I had half a naan bread with dinner, so really to be expected.

Hiya. I notice that one of the ingredients in the Garden of Life supplement is cucumber (gourd). I wonder if this could be bitter gourd, a supplement known to lower blood sugar?

Has anyone had experience with either the research or taking NMN. Some of the information on research tends to be a little complicated. From what I gather the research that I do understand makes sense. The reality that our body and its functions change as we age is inevitable. It becomes a matter better managing the process. The NMN appears that it could be quite helpful to us diabetics.