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<blockquote data-quote="pollensa" data-source="post: 1646391"><p>I reply not that I am a medical expert and my comments are from sheer personal experience, but I got the same reaction when my Doctor here in spain was informed by myself when he advised my A1C had reduced x 23 % in 4 months, and this was because I had been on Metformin patting himself on the back he had done this amazing thing by giving me the drug in the first place, when I excitingly told him "no not due to Metformin Doctor", as I did not take them no disrespect to himself, but threw them down the toilet, instead, I took charge of my own body, who best to do this, no one knows it better than I and even if under a Doc, always best to get 2d and 3rd opinions for all! I started to walk more, as you started intermittent fasting 2 days 18 hr fast and 1 day 24 hour fast, love it!....have dropped 21 kilos, I eat Keto eating plan real food great recipes on the diet doctor website, have not eaten bread pasta potatoes or rice for 11 months, substitute for other goods which are much better and tastier, and really the look of my Doctors face was amazing, he took the huff, not even a well done, or enquired what I had done in the life style change, he just said "Jennifer listen to me, convince yourself you have diabetes" don't drink coffee stood up and opened the door! Well, I changed my doctor as you can well imagine, a Doc who can not recognise new methods, new avenues of how to treat diabetes or support the efforts you did, is not the right doctor for you.....</p><p></p><p>Oh by the way, before he closed the door, I said, to him, a suggestion box for you....and all medics worldwide, start treating Diabetes correctly its been treat wrongly, you are all worrying about high sugars this is not the problem, Diabetes is a dietary disease, metformin does not cure this, it simply shuffles the sugars around the body and no doubt destroying other organs inbetween kidneys especially, whereas a change of lifestyle, exercise, diet, intermittent fasting gets rid of sugars naturally, out of the system, so start and treat the CAUSE, which is insulin resistance as sugars is only a symptom of the Cause!!!!</p><p></p><p>You don't give alcohol to an alcoholic, you don't give insulin to T2 diabetic if insulin is the problem in the first place you focus and treat the problem the casue....</p><p></p><p>The second look on his face was not to be forgotten but I giggled and chuckled on the way out of the surgery, knowing, I had done the correct thing not taking my metformin, I took only 3 and that was enough the side effects were horrendous, and decided to do my own thing, this is what the good doctors with any medical sense will tell you in the first place before giving medications, change of lifestyle, exercise more, low carb eating and that's it really.........intermittent fasting is the icing on the cake, and it works it really works for me anyway cant speak for others.</p><p></p><p>You don't have to take Metformin even if prescribed, not all doctors are correct, its not for me to advise you what to do, but you have the ball in your court, seek another doctor or another until you find a Doctor who says...</p><p></p><p>"Well done, amazingly you are keeping control of your levels, A1C down 23% 4 months no meds, we keep going like this and retest you in 12 months"......that's a pragmatic approach sensible doctor, who acknowledges that other methods other than medication can be a solution and if they show constant good results, why force anyone to continue on Metformin.</p><p></p><p>I asked my Doc to give leniency when I informed him my good results, he declined saying no, you wont stick to the regime your one he did not have trust in me as his patient, well I had great pleasure to bump into him last week, another look of shock to see my wonderful new body, bouncing down the street, and I approached him to tell him my A1C is now normal levels,</p><p>and my fasting, 2hr after eat and random finger testing, is all in the 80mg/dl, wishing him a nice day I bounced by him with a fabulous grin on my face.....</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps</p><p></p><p>mallorca</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pollensa, post: 1646391"] I reply not that I am a medical expert and my comments are from sheer personal experience, but I got the same reaction when my Doctor here in spain was informed by myself when he advised my A1C had reduced x 23 % in 4 months, and this was because I had been on Metformin patting himself on the back he had done this amazing thing by giving me the drug in the first place, when I excitingly told him "no not due to Metformin Doctor", as I did not take them no disrespect to himself, but threw them down the toilet, instead, I took charge of my own body, who best to do this, no one knows it better than I and even if under a Doc, always best to get 2d and 3rd opinions for all! I started to walk more, as you started intermittent fasting 2 days 18 hr fast and 1 day 24 hour fast, love it!....have dropped 21 kilos, I eat Keto eating plan real food great recipes on the diet doctor website, have not eaten bread pasta potatoes or rice for 11 months, substitute for other goods which are much better and tastier, and really the look of my Doctors face was amazing, he took the huff, not even a well done, or enquired what I had done in the life style change, he just said "Jennifer listen to me, convince yourself you have diabetes" don't drink coffee stood up and opened the door! Well, I changed my doctor as you can well imagine, a Doc who can not recognise new methods, new avenues of how to treat diabetes or support the efforts you did, is not the right doctor for you..... Oh by the way, before he closed the door, I said, to him, a suggestion box for you....and all medics worldwide, start treating Diabetes correctly its been treat wrongly, you are all worrying about high sugars this is not the problem, Diabetes is a dietary disease, metformin does not cure this, it simply shuffles the sugars around the body and no doubt destroying other organs inbetween kidneys especially, whereas a change of lifestyle, exercise, diet, intermittent fasting gets rid of sugars naturally, out of the system, so start and treat the CAUSE, which is insulin resistance as sugars is only a symptom of the Cause!!!! You don't give alcohol to an alcoholic, you don't give insulin to T2 diabetic if insulin is the problem in the first place you focus and treat the problem the casue.... The second look on his face was not to be forgotten but I giggled and chuckled on the way out of the surgery, knowing, I had done the correct thing not taking my metformin, I took only 3 and that was enough the side effects were horrendous, and decided to do my own thing, this is what the good doctors with any medical sense will tell you in the first place before giving medications, change of lifestyle, exercise more, low carb eating and that's it really.........intermittent fasting is the icing on the cake, and it works it really works for me anyway cant speak for others. You don't have to take Metformin even if prescribed, not all doctors are correct, its not for me to advise you what to do, but you have the ball in your court, seek another doctor or another until you find a Doctor who says... "Well done, amazingly you are keeping control of your levels, A1C down 23% 4 months no meds, we keep going like this and retest you in 12 months"......that's a pragmatic approach sensible doctor, who acknowledges that other methods other than medication can be a solution and if they show constant good results, why force anyone to continue on Metformin. I asked my Doc to give leniency when I informed him my good results, he declined saying no, you wont stick to the regime your one he did not have trust in me as his patient, well I had great pleasure to bump into him last week, another look of shock to see my wonderful new body, bouncing down the street, and I approached him to tell him my A1C is now normal levels, and my fasting, 2hr after eat and random finger testing, is all in the 80mg/dl, wishing him a nice day I bounced by him with a fabulous grin on my face..... Hope this helps mallorca [/QUOTE]
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