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<blockquote data-quote="ringi" data-source="post: 1685126" data-attributes="member: 410240"><p>Remember that Metformin reduces insulin resistance a little, this results in insulin levels that are a little lower, and therefore our body reducing its own insulin resistance that then results in insulin levels that are once again a little bit lower REPEAT..... Hence we need to consider the long-term effects of Metformin on our insulin resistance, not just what our BG says over one week.</p><p></p><p>The above does not work, if we eat <strong>up to</strong> our meters, and hence stop the cycle by increasing our carbs. We can <strong>clearly </strong>make the above cycle go a lot faster by "low carb" etc, and without diet changes, Metformin just slows down the increase in insulin resistance.</p><p></p><p>When in double-blind studies, Metformin people were given Metformin or a "fake pill", the people on Metformin had their long-term A1C reduced by about 10, some people had it reduced by as much as 20. Yet we all know that on a day to day bases, we can't see much improvement from Metformin on our BG meters, as unlike "low carb" the effect cannot be measured on a meal by meal bases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ringi, post: 1685126, member: 410240"] Remember that Metformin reduces insulin resistance a little, this results in insulin levels that are a little lower, and therefore our body reducing its own insulin resistance that then results in insulin levels that are once again a little bit lower REPEAT..... Hence we need to consider the long-term effects of Metformin on our insulin resistance, not just what our BG says over one week. The above does not work, if we eat [B]up to[/B] our meters, and hence stop the cycle by increasing our carbs. We can [B]clearly [/B]make the above cycle go a lot faster by "low carb" etc, and without diet changes, Metformin just slows down the increase in insulin resistance. When in double-blind studies, Metformin people were given Metformin or a "fake pill", the people on Metformin had their long-term A1C reduced by about 10, some people had it reduced by as much as 20. Yet we all know that on a day to day bases, we can't see much improvement from Metformin on our BG meters, as unlike "low carb" the effect cannot be measured on a meal by meal bases. [/QUOTE]
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