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Metformin and Fasting

wiflib

wiflib

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Type of diabetes
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Metformin slows the release of glycogen from the liver but I'm currently fasting to (among other things) deplete my glycogen stores. Is it worth stopping the metformin or will 500mg a day make no difference?
 
wiflib said:
Metformin slows the release of glycogen from the liver but I'm currently fasting to (among other things) deplete my glycogen stores. Is it worth stopping the metformin or will 500mg a day make no difference?
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As I understand it, wiflib, Metformin isn't active on a dose by dose basis, but cumulatively, so missing one does usually makes no difference. Some people can be very sensitive to Metformin, but if you've been on it a while, I'm sure you would have worked that out by now. See how you get on.
 
Thanks :-)
I'm pretty sure such a small dose wont make too much difference but I'll stop it for as long as I fast.

Almost 48 hours now.
 
5 days now and apart from being stuck on a train with someone crunching crisps and somebody else eating something that smells divine, this is easy.

7lbs down.
 
kokhongw said:
How is your fasting BG for the past few days?
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Funnily enough, I've just had my first batch of strips delivered as I haven't tested in years and its 5.1
That's probably very normal for me as I usually get HbA1c's in the fours.

Day 6
I'm tired today but probably because I spent the weekend sleeping in the back of a van and catering for a small festival, and I was up at half six this morning. I have the second batch of broth on the go and I'm feeling hungry for the first time but to eat would still be a choice, not a necessity. I only wish I could find other folk who have done this so I can pick their brains.

I'd like to know the best thing to break my fast with. I fancy a hot egg with butter and salt and I've also go the lovely fat and meat from the broth but I think it should be protein, rather than fat.
 
kokhongw said:
Good proteins and fats...whatever that would serve as good materials for regenerating our stem cells...continue to avoid refined carbs...
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/fasting-mimicking-diet-promotes-ngn3-driven-β-cell-regeneration-to-reverse-diabetes.116847/page-9#post-1458282
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I've not eaten any carbs for ten years let alone refined ones. I do eat too much fat though and have some weight to lose, hence the fast; I want to be fully fat adapted but not eat too much fat at the moment to burn off the last of my fat stores.
 
Day 7.

I broke my fast with two eggs with salt. I could eat so much more but I'm taking it easy. A friend remarked on my ketotic breath so obviously I'm very happy with that :-)
 
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