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Two new pieces of research have shown that three different kinds of omega-3 fatty acids could help prevent type 2 diabetes
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Hope this is also useful for existing T2s. All I know is that during the winter of 2009/2010 I took an Omega 3 capsule every day and I was fit all winter, not even a sniffle. This year, for some reason, I had stopped taking them and I was ill once a month from November through to March, coincidence? Maybe, but I have started taking them again, just in case they work and figuring they seem to make me feel a bit healthier :wink: For a diabetic!
 
Hi,

I'm newly diagnosed T2 and have just been through all the initial meetings.

The dietician recommended I go onto a 1000mg Omega 3 capsule and I've done so. Too early to tell if it will help either T2 or Cholesterol but unlikely to do any harm INHO.
 
if it will help either T2 or Cholesterol but unlikely to do any harm INHO
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Hi Dougie, my thoughts entirely. But welcome to the forum, this has been a source of information and comfort to me since my diagnosis around 3 years ago. :)
 
Hi

A few months ago.I had a hart attack,I am now on allot of medication and one thing that i take is a OMEGA ACID 3 ethyl esters 90.This is a 1000MG capsule and have been told only given to hart patients.But i have found them to be brilliant with joints etc and for general health as well and agree with you,I to am T2 and slowly going over to T1.

Iam woundering what treatment some of you guys are on,
How ever i don't no what treatment some of you are taking.I take 12ml of insulin in the morning,then at lunch time i take one 500MG Metoformin and evening i take one 500MG of metoformin and 9ML of insulin,
 
I am Metformin twice a day. Diet control, exercise. Also on Losartan for bp but this has been under control for a good deal of years now, thankfully, and then my over the counter bought Omega 3 :)
 
Dougie22, I notice you refused Statins, me too! Heard so much negative stuff about them and managed to get my cholesterol under control by other methods ie Benetol.
 
re Statins,

This started long before I was disgnosed type 2.

Way back in 1998, I had a cholesterol reading of 9.6 and was prescribed my first lot of stains.

Things seemed ok at first and they certainly brought the cholesterol reading down.

I then started getting severe and debilitating joint pain, especially in my hips and elbows, which at its worst prevented me from exercising. At first I put this down to being overweight and getting older. My wife also swears that my personality was being affected, with me becoming less decisive and less "smart". Tried two alternative statins but didn't help much.

Read a book called "The Cholesterol Con" which convinced me that putting half the population on a class of drug for 30 years or so was a seriously bad idea and that some of the data used to justify this over prescription was just plain wrong.

I then became what my doctor at the time labeled a "knowledgable refuser" or some such.

It took a long time for the joint pain to go completely, I think about six months. Since then I've been fine and exercise regularly, although obviously the high levels of cholesterol are back. My wife also says I'm "back to my old self".

When diagnosed type 2, the diabetic specialist doctor at our practice immediately wanted to put me back on statins (my reading was 8.0), and ACE blood pressure medication, without giving diet, weight loss or increased exercise a chance. I refused both for now.

Having seen the dietician, I am now trying Benecol drink once a day to see if that helps at all.

I find it very difficult to question the judgement of an experienced, specialist doctor and support my views by quoting "people on the forum" and other sources without seeming to be grasping at quack medicine but I can't override my natural cynicism streak on this.

I wouldn't want to influence anyone else to disagree with their medical team. I'm only prepared to makle a decision for me. Time will tell (or maybe not in this random universe).
 
Just been looking through the Sign 116 (which is the equivelant of Nice for Scotland, I think) and came across this (in my mind disturbing) recommendation to doctors

"Lipid-lowering drug therapy with simvastatin 40 mg or atorvastatin 10 mg is
recommended for primary prevention in patients with type 2 diabetes aged >40 years
regardless of baseline cholesterol."

Note the last four words.
 
From the same SIGN 116 document

"In patients with type 2 diabetes, a systematic review of short term supplementation with omega-3
polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) showed a reduction in triglycerides (TG) but a rise in low
density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Dietary supplementation with omega-3 PUFA is not generally recommended in people with type 2 diabetes."

I'll wait and see if my readings go down.
 
Nigel,

Thanks for this. I had a good read through though I did already know most of the general stuff.

The more detailed information in the "Inherited Heart Conditions - Familial Hypercholesterolaemia" section is very good.

Not likely to change my view until after weight loss/diet reduction stage though.
 
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