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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2316248" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>Hi [USER=531478]@Maddy7[/USER] and welcome to the forum</p><p>Yes many people get digestive problems on Metformin (fewer on the extended release version). So there are several people who have come off it and control their Type 2 by lifestyle alone (I never went onto Metformin in the first place).</p><p></p><p>Your dizziness may well be due to your high Blood Glucose levels. needing to urinate frequently is a classic sympton of high Blood Glucose as the body tries desparately to pee out the damaging glucose .</p><p></p><p>It appears that you have a Blood Glucose monitor, were you told how to use it properly in order to work out which foods are suitable for you? test before a meal and then 2hrs after first bite aiming to keep the difference to 2.0mmol or below. It seems you aren't meeting that goal, so it is likely that you are eating too many carbs. </p><p></p><p>You don't mention how you tried to control your Diabetes with 'diet and exercise'. Most people are given very bad advice from their doctor or nurse and encouraged to eat 'healthy whole grains 'brown carbs' and fruit' - which are often anything but healthy for a Type2 Diabetic since they are just as high in sugars as 'white' refined carbs and many sugary soft drinks. All the extra fibre does is make it take a little longer to spike your blood glucose.</p><p>Just cut all forms of carbs until you work out which ones you can handle OK - eat more protein and traditional fats (e.g. in eggs, hard cheese, nuts and on meat) to make up the calorie deficit and you will find you get better BG readings and you will probably lose weight as well (at a nice sustainable rate (not too fast just 1lb to 2lbs per week).</p><p></p><p>Many of us have a Low Carb High(er) traditional Fat 'Way Of Eating'' which has put our BG levels back to normal and our Hba1C numbers back below the diabetic range even without any additional exercise.</p><p></p><p>I strongly suggest you read this 'Nutritional thingy' by Jo Kalsbeek : </p><p><a href="https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html" target="_blank">https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2316248, member: 506169"] Hi [USER=531478]@Maddy7[/USER] and welcome to the forum Yes many people get digestive problems on Metformin (fewer on the extended release version). So there are several people who have come off it and control their Type 2 by lifestyle alone (I never went onto Metformin in the first place). Your dizziness may well be due to your high Blood Glucose levels. needing to urinate frequently is a classic sympton of high Blood Glucose as the body tries desparately to pee out the damaging glucose . It appears that you have a Blood Glucose monitor, were you told how to use it properly in order to work out which foods are suitable for you? test before a meal and then 2hrs after first bite aiming to keep the difference to 2.0mmol or below. It seems you aren't meeting that goal, so it is likely that you are eating too many carbs. You don't mention how you tried to control your Diabetes with 'diet and exercise'. Most people are given very bad advice from their doctor or nurse and encouraged to eat 'healthy whole grains 'brown carbs' and fruit' - which are often anything but healthy for a Type2 Diabetic since they are just as high in sugars as 'white' refined carbs and many sugary soft drinks. All the extra fibre does is make it take a little longer to spike your blood glucose. Just cut all forms of carbs until you work out which ones you can handle OK - eat more protein and traditional fats (e.g. in eggs, hard cheese, nuts and on meat) to make up the calorie deficit and you will find you get better BG readings and you will probably lose weight as well (at a nice sustainable rate (not too fast just 1lb to 2lbs per week). Many of us have a Low Carb High(er) traditional Fat 'Way Of Eating'' which has put our BG levels back to normal and our Hba1C numbers back below the diabetic range even without any additional exercise. I strongly suggest you read this 'Nutritional thingy' by Jo Kalsbeek : [URL]https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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