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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1597944" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>The Metformin doesn't reduce blood sugars, so you can take it at any time. The effects can take a while to build up and to go away again if you stop taking it.</p><p>As you have a meter now the best way to use it is to test yourself before and after eating and try to keep the increase down - usually two whole numbers is thought to work best.</p><p>I set out to stay under 8mmol/l after eating, and once I found the things I could eat and the amounts I stuck to that and saw my numbers going down. I did not need to test for every meal after a while, and now hardly test at all as I can eat more carbs and not spike high - though I still tend to keep to under 60 gm of carbs a day most of the time.</p><p>If you know Atkins I am doing OWL and am at the alcohol level - which I only take very occasionally, which is where I have been for decades except when encouraged by doctors to eat more carbs because low carb is 'not healthy'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 1597944, member: 355878"] The Metformin doesn't reduce blood sugars, so you can take it at any time. The effects can take a while to build up and to go away again if you stop taking it. As you have a meter now the best way to use it is to test yourself before and after eating and try to keep the increase down - usually two whole numbers is thought to work best. I set out to stay under 8mmol/l after eating, and once I found the things I could eat and the amounts I stuck to that and saw my numbers going down. I did not need to test for every meal after a while, and now hardly test at all as I can eat more carbs and not spike high - though I still tend to keep to under 60 gm of carbs a day most of the time. If you know Atkins I am doing OWL and am at the alcohol level - which I only take very occasionally, which is where I have been for decades except when encouraged by doctors to eat more carbs because low carb is 'not healthy'. [/QUOTE]
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