I would take it first time I eat something and take evening doze when ever is latest time you are eating something. Metformin don't do any good for empty tummy and it is recommended to be taken with food.I am prescribed 2 metformin a day. If I fast BT not eating after supper till lunch time next day when should I take metformin?
No dry throat. I am trying to drink more water. I bought the Obesity guide by Jung. Really informative. Upping fat intake I find hard after years of being brainwashed into having low fat foods. I am making slow but steady progress. Looking forward to my next hb1ac test. Let me know how you are getting on perhaps we can help each otherI am taking slow release Metformin and skip breakfast and lunch as often as I can. I am also on a nil carb diet. I find that my throat becomes very, very dry as soon as I take the Metformin, do you get this ?
I am trying hard to lose weight and get off meds by no longer being diabetic so I am following a LowcarbHighfat diet a with added fasting from after supper to after midday. Look at dietdoctor. comDon't want to appear rude, but is there a reason to be fasting, medical or religious?
I have been told that fasting is not necessary for Diabetics having blood tests.
I also have a friend who is of the Islamic faith and he has special dispensation from her Iman during Ramadan due to his diabetes.
DON'T SKIPS MEALS. Plan what you are going to eat in a day and break it down. smaller meals more often is better than 1 big meal. Metformin is a SLOW release drug unlike insulin which acts very fast. By eating at the time of taking metformin you are reducing the effect on your stomach.I would take it first time I eat something and take evening doze when ever is latest time you are eating something. Metformin don't do any good for empty tummy and it is recommended to be taken with food.
I would take it first time I eat something and take evening doze when ever is latest time you are eating something. Metformin don't do any good for empty tummy and it is recommended to be taken with food.
There can be many reasons..including medical and religious. I fast because I have spare 'energy' stored around my waste line that doesn't get used =loosing it is VERY hard when you are diabetic AND have PCOS. Low carb diet on its own doesn't achieve quite as much results that I would like...or it is VERY slow progress. Add fasting to the diet and hey presto, things start moving.Don't want to appear rude, but is there a reason to be fasting, medical or religious?
I have been told that fasting is not necessary for Diabetics having blood tests.
I also have a friend who is of the Islamic faith and he has special dispensation from her Iman during Ramadan due to his diabetes.
Thank you for your comprehensive helpful answer. How do you fast?There can be many reasons..including medical and religious. I fast because I have spare 'energy' stored around my waste line that doesn't get used =loosing it is VERY hard when you are diabetic AND have PCOS. Low carb diet on its own doesn't achieve quite as much results that I would like...or it is VERY slow progress. Add fasting to the diet and hey presto, things start moving.
Saying that, weight loss is added bonus..I have made all the changes to get my blood sugar levels under control.
When you fast..you body will need 'food'...when I doesn't come from your diet, it has to come from somewhere...it start drawing out from its own fat reserves. That is what nature has intended it to be..fat reserves are there when times are hard and food not readily available. But in modern times...food is everywhere and easily available...we eat all the time > weight gain and other health issues....or I should say..CARBOHYDRATES are everywhere, particularly very processed form carbs. All carbs raise our blood sugars causing body to release insulin to deal with those sugars. Insulin also is turning all/unused carb energy into fat stores in our bodies >weight gain. If you have lots of insulin in your system...more eaten energy is stored..when your body is in 'storage mode'..it sends signals that you are hungry, even if you have only recently eaten. So you eat because you truly feel hungry> more insulin produced..and so it goes in circles.
During fasting your insulin production is minimal..once you body gets used to fasting , one doesn't get those hungry messages same way because insulin is not there playing the game sending those messages nor there is huge amounts of the hormone in circulation putting energy into 'storage' causing weigh gain.
That is very simplified way of putting some medical reasons for fasting...particularly with type 2 diabetics.
But same will/can apply even if is not diabetic.
My main way of doing has been 'daily' fasting..extended night time not eating time so I get 14-16 hrs total fasting time..it is the easiest most 'natural' way for me. Just recently I've experienced longer term fasting. First attempt since I've been diabetic was 3 1/2 days and I'm just doing it again and on day 6 of fasting..another day to go. Once I stop this fasting session, I shall go back into sorter sessions. I'm yet to trial 24 hr session 2-3 times a week and see how I get on with that and reminding days carry on with just LCHF diet. One just doesn't know which have best long them effect if one doesn't try....Thank you for your comprehensive helpful answer. How do you fast?
Thank youMy main way of doing has been 'daily' fasting..extended night time not eating time so I get 14-16 hrs total fasting time..it is the easiest most 'natural' way for me. Just recently I've experienced longer term fasting. First attempt since I've been diabetic was 3 1/2 days and I'm just doing it again and on day 6 of fasting..another day to go. Once I stop this fasting session, I shall go back into sorter sessions. I'm yet to trial 24 hr session 2-3 times a week and see how I get on with that and reminding days carry on with just LCHF diet. One just doesn't know which have best long them effect if one doesn't try....
Yep thats what I do, lunch is often my first meal and I eat my last meal late (8/9 oclock)
very wise wordsI am elderly and have had T2 for 18 years. I have followed the accepted advice of the era, eating every 4 hours during the day. If I don't do this my sugar levels go unpleasantly low and I feel awful until I eat something. Fortunately I have been retired for all of this time so have done lots of enjoyable exercise.
How can some of you fast then assuming you are subject to low and high blood sugars? Do you go to work still? Don't you feel you need refuelling? I occasionally fast, continuing with Gliclazide and Metformin tablets but ensure I don't do much all day. I drink weak fruit juice or water and I wouldn't like to do this if I had to travel and work! Also, how does anyone get through English winters without potatoes, pasta, bread, etc? I have never had a chronic weight problem. Perhaps some have to concentrate on that before anything else but I wouldn't have thought very low carb and lots of fat could be good for the body long term. Just wondering......! Incidentally I have not developed any complications but my Metformin dose is increased about every 4 years and diabetic nurses always say that the disease is progressive, all you can do is slow down the progress with sensible living. Some of you are apparently being told otherwise.
Since I started to educate myself with help from my fellow diabetics here and been reading and learning about nutritional facts from physiological point of view, believe it or not...but lot of the stuff that is commonly told by doctors and nurses about correct diets for us diabetics are not quite right. We do very well with very little carbohydrates (all that pasta, potatoes, bread...etc, as nice as they are to eat). I do outdoor work, I don't have any issues with it diet wise..some good quality meat and plenty of fat containing foods will keep anybody going on for hours...and keep warm tooI am elderly and have had T2 for 18 years. I have followed the accepted advice of the era, eating every 4 hours during the day. If I don't do this my sugar levels go unpleasantly low and I feel awful until I eat something. Fortunately I have been retired for all of this time so have done lots of enjoyable exercise.
How can some of you fast then assuming you are subject to low and high blood sugars? Do you go to work still? Don't you feel you need refuelling? I occasionally fast, continuing with Gliclazide and Metformin tablets but ensure I don't do much all day. I drink weak fruit juice or water and I wouldn't like to do this if I had to travel and work! Also, how does anyone get through English winters without potatoes, pasta, bread, etc? I have never had a chronic weight problem. Perhaps some have to concentrate on that before anything else but I wouldn't have thought very low carb and lots of fat could be good for the body long term. Just wondering......! Incidentally I have not developed any complications but my Metformin dose is increased about every 4 years and diabetic nurses always say that the disease is progressive, all you can do is slow down the progress with sensible living. Some of you are apparently being told otherwise.
Hi RomeranI am elderly and have had T2 for 18 years. I have followed the accepted advice of the era, eating every 4 hours during the day. If I don't do this my sugar levels go unpleasantly low and I feel awful until I eat something.
Metformin is a SLOW release drug
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