Well, I’ve got my blood sugar under perfect control with the daily meds, and I can also go off the meds, however it takes too long for my body to get the blood sugar back between 100-120 after eating if I’m off the meds.
It can take 3-4 hours to go back down naturally, whereas on the meds it takes 2 hours flat. So the doc says even though my diabetes is managed now, the underlying condition still remains, so he wants we on the meds.
Luckily I’m taking the old school meds metformin and glimepride, which do not seem to have these dire side effects like some of the more recently introduced diabetic medeicines.
I was probably taking in 500-600 calories a day, just on Cokes. Now my beverages consist of water (w/lemon), and green tea (unsweet).
’ I’m taking the old school meds metformin and glimepride, which do not seem to have these dire side effects like some of the more recently introduced diabetic medeicines.”
The first med my doc put me on really screwed with my very short term memory. I had water tests that required 5 drops of this, and 5 drops of that, put into a water sample. I would forget how many drops I’d put in, in the middle of putting them in! 5 seconds! Stopped that stuff!. Took metformin for a month. Don’t need it anymore. I’m just barely Type 2 now.
Do some research on berberine, a healthy alternative to metformin.