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<blockquote data-quote="JenniferM55" data-source="post: 2641282" data-attributes="member: 527474"><p>Playing devil's advocate. </p><p></p><p>Prof Bikman's seminar was aimed at people who don't have a science or biology degree, or anything near. The pitch of his lecture was dumbed down for the general population i.e. people like me. I've seen a video where he was talking to experts and students in his field, of course I could hardly understand his words, they went straight over my head. </p><p></p><p>He had a lot to squeeze into his hour on the spot. I too was rather disappointed he didn't expand more into the realms of fasting, but he did slightly touch on it when he mentioned that snacking keeps insulin production high. We're not meant to have nice regimented mealtimes.</p><p></p><p>As for Metformin, at the start of my T2 journey I had a decision to make, of which I was grateful I even had a choice, do I go down the drug pathway or the diet one to control my diabetes? I thought he was trying to get across that such decisions needed a balance and not one erring on what 'big pharma' thinks we should do. He's clearly not a fan of 'big pharma' from his stance on statins.</p><p></p><p>Metformin may be a wonderful drug, and can help many people in all sorts of ways, but I don't think it should be prescribed in the first instance of being diagnosed T2, and that's what I think Bikman was trying to get at in the short time he had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JenniferM55, post: 2641282, member: 527474"] Playing devil's advocate. Prof Bikman's seminar was aimed at people who don't have a science or biology degree, or anything near. The pitch of his lecture was dumbed down for the general population i.e. people like me. I've seen a video where he was talking to experts and students in his field, of course I could hardly understand his words, they went straight over my head. He had a lot to squeeze into his hour on the spot. I too was rather disappointed he didn't expand more into the realms of fasting, but he did slightly touch on it when he mentioned that snacking keeps insulin production high. We're not meant to have nice regimented mealtimes. As for Metformin, at the start of my T2 journey I had a decision to make, of which I was grateful I even had a choice, do I go down the drug pathway or the diet one to control my diabetes? I thought he was trying to get across that such decisions needed a balance and not one erring on what 'big pharma' thinks we should do. He's clearly not a fan of 'big pharma' from his stance on statins. Metformin may be a wonderful drug, and can help many people in all sorts of ways, but I don't think it should be prescribed in the first instance of being diagnosed T2, and that's what I think Bikman was trying to get at in the short time he had. [/QUOTE]
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