I've been having severe problems with my blood sugar- I was always hypoglycemic, and still have some episodes, but now I have been having high sugars - in the 200s. I also have liver function problems so they say they can't give me metformin.
This is all new to me, and I can't make sense out of all the stuff on the internet. Does anyone have any advice or can they point me to a good website?
You can read up and maybe try on some herbal remedies, some of them may help. I make no claims, but here are some things you might read and decide for yourself.
http://www.flourishwellness.com/store/index.asp
http://www.hfn-usa.com/shop/cart.php?m=product_list&c=11
(on this one they have it under weight loss, but if you read more about the particular products, like carbo defense, banaba and salacia reticulata, they say it's for diabetes)
You can read the ingredients and do searches on them too.
Vanadium and chromium are also helpful.
Vanadylsulfate and chromium picolinate are the way I think you can buy them.
There are also a couple of new medications, the are injections, but subcutaneous, which supposed to help too. Talk to your doctor about them.
http://www.byetta.com/index.jsp
http://www.symlin.com/
You can also do some searches and go through what you get and see what seems informative.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=diabetes+herbs&btnG=Google+Search
Good luck!
I have a cousin who got put on metformin because she was borderline diabetic (with family history), and she wasn't really fat or anything, but dropped 30 pounds in about 2 months without changing her eating or exercise habits. I wonder why that is?