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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaylee" data-source="post: 1717459" data-attributes="member: 101136">I'm quite alarmed at the "commercialism" of this source site. & the rather shallow "sales pitch" regarding the "fountain of youth" pill.As a type one myself...With regards to the subject of trials of metformin on T1s? (An autoimune disease killing of insulin producing beta cells.)They discovered in a trial/test;  "Metformin was well tolerated, albeit with a trend towards increased hypoglycaemia." <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20057994" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20057994</a>Well yes! Along with the fact that metformin also retards liver dump too. The lows would come on pretty quick..There are safer ways of managing A1c for a T1. Looking good for your age as a T1 boils down to lifestyle choices & a little luck with the genetic make up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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