Hello
I put my metformin down the toilet! best move I made in my life, as same happened to my body as yours....
Instead, I took charge of MY BODY, that I know best of all aat 68 and a surfer, albeit it knee board these days...
What did I do simple.....lifestyle change that includes wonderful keto eating plan from dietdoctor.com
delicious, amazing real food.
1.
Low carb, cut out potatoes, pasta, rice and bread x 11 months. Eat low carbs not these ingredients included. 20 to 50 carbs a day, don't count just know what foods are low.
2.
Exercise more than normal days surfing ie. Treadmill 10mins morn after breakfast, lunch and dinner. Walking if not suring min 4 to 8klm a day depending on weather and commitments. basically 6 to 10,000 steps a day
3.
Intermittent Fasting thank you Dr. Jason Fung he is amazing hold in high esteem, by introducing this along with low carb and exercise, I have lost 21 kilos in 11 months no medications! fast 18 hrs two days i.e. that means just simply don't eat breakfast have tea only green no milk or sugar. one day 24 hour fast easy pie, no breakfast, or lunch dinner evening. How to work these fasts out that you don't feel hungry is to have your last meal say 8pm, you SLEEP for 8 hours approx., SO WHEN your next meal is due 18 hr fast lunch you don't realize you don't feel hungry, or notice the 18 hours as you have slept part of these, and feel so energized also.
results of these three simple procedure of lifestyle change speak for themselves....
My numbers were never over the cut off as I am pre diabetes were high normal i.e. highest random which has to be below 200mg/dl was 194mg/dl after eating cocktail of fresh fruits blended detoxing, I had no idea fruits could spike blood sugards so high was very naïve when told, "Tad high", cut out the fruit and go low carb..... but now...normal normal
2hr after eat 84mg/dl fasting 80mg/dl random anytime after eat 3,4,5,6 hours 89mg/dl
These numbers are consistent stable every four months when I decide to test with my Genteel blood tester, no pain, no sore fingers device! I dont test daily, or weekly, I want a quite and non worried life too interested in surfing and walking to be enjoyed, as numbers cut offs world wide are all Arbitrary set and different, so really the truth is no one know what the cut off should be, as an ex retired lawyer, believe in proof of evidence, there is absolutely no proof of evidence, medical or clinical to support the chosen cut offs for finger testing diagnosis or A1C and this is acknowledged and admitted by the expert committees as been numbers at whim random, choice, and even the experts in America cannot agree on these, so this is frightening! so I take a blaze view of what should or should not be the cut off, whatever, the numbers are same with one or two numbers up or down only either side, so its not just a good day, good luck its constant consistent normal numbers.
Oh, I forgot to mention on this 1,2,3, procedure, without metformin, I reduced my A1C by 24% in 12 weeks, did I get a pat on the back from my so called Doctor, no, he said, expected as I was taking Metformin, I had great pleasure pointing out I put them down the toilet, it was all natural hard work and efforts of myself that reduced the A1C not medication!!!.
Although I could not my doc of 30 years down the toilet for not supporting my efforts or recognizing a 21 kilo weight loss
I decided HE WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE RIGHT DOCTOR FOR ME AND WHAT DID I DO.
SACKED HIM....
Here I am feeling great numbers normal and controlled and eating fabulously including the festive days.
good Luck hope this inspires all though who experience the horrendous side effects of Metformin.
Mallorca
