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<blockquote data-quote="Andydragon" data-source="post: 2415046" data-attributes="member: 521079"><p>Hopefully that will help. Those levels you quoted look okay but a slight rise higher than recommended so might be worth looking at that food to see if it’s the best for you. testing before and 2 hours after first bite of food are recommended and a rise of no more than 2 shows the foods are tolerated well by you. Your rise was above this.</p><p></p><p>however, sone foods, especially those with combinations of fats and carbs in my experience can have impacts longer than 2 hours so it’s a good guide but not foolproof</p><p></p><p>As you work out what you can tolerate and your blood levels stabilise and hba1c hopefully drops you may be able to come off drugs altogether. Some on the forums like myself have (I’d been on meds for over a decade so thought of drug free was personally an achievement I wanted, but I’m not against a low dosage of metformin again if I need it)</p><p></p><p>Sone maintain a low dosage of metformin when their hba1c is suitably low where they tolerate it as it helps insulin sensitivity and can support some weight loss (but isn’t a weight loss drug itself) but your choice as you go through the journey. It can drop blood levels by a percent or so, so can also help reasonably well but dietary change needs to be used with it. It’s not a drug that by itself will have a massive impact generally. Unfortunately the diet changes can something the doctors/nurses can forget to tell you (or they recommend a Eatwell higher carb that many T2s will progress poorly on)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andydragon, post: 2415046, member: 521079"] Hopefully that will help. Those levels you quoted look okay but a slight rise higher than recommended so might be worth looking at that food to see if it’s the best for you. testing before and 2 hours after first bite of food are recommended and a rise of no more than 2 shows the foods are tolerated well by you. Your rise was above this. however, sone foods, especially those with combinations of fats and carbs in my experience can have impacts longer than 2 hours so it’s a good guide but not foolproof As you work out what you can tolerate and your blood levels stabilise and hba1c hopefully drops you may be able to come off drugs altogether. Some on the forums like myself have (I’d been on meds for over a decade so thought of drug free was personally an achievement I wanted, but I’m not against a low dosage of metformin again if I need it) Sone maintain a low dosage of metformin when their hba1c is suitably low where they tolerate it as it helps insulin sensitivity and can support some weight loss (but isn’t a weight loss drug itself) but your choice as you go through the journey. It can drop blood levels by a percent or so, so can also help reasonably well but dietary change needs to be used with it. It’s not a drug that by itself will have a massive impact generally. Unfortunately the diet changes can something the doctors/nurses can forget to tell you (or they recommend a Eatwell higher carb that many T2s will progress poorly on) [/QUOTE]
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