Experts: New diabetes treatment flushes sugar, calories out of body

KVUE ^ | April 3, 2013 | Karen Grace

[bert]

it may be that age trumps diet and exercise....... that seems to be happening to me

[Jeff Chandler]

[Black Agnes]

Hey, how’d you get my picture?

[steve86]

Were you one of the people with whom I discussed Gymnema sylvestre on another thread? To some degree it is a natural analogue to the drug discussed in this article and can knock a few points off fasting blood glucose. Not all that much help to a full-blown Type II diabetic, but for those in the pre- or borderline area, may be worth a trial. It is often combined with chromium which you already take.

[Black Agnes]

How many grams of sugar and starch do you eat? I’m assuming you’ve had your liver tested?

Dawn phenomenon is tricky. My mom had that for a while. She started eating one string cheese before bed and that fixed it.

YMMV, of course.

[traderrob6]

Nope, the first I have heard of that. Will do some research on it though.

Thanks.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Bigg Red]

Wow! We can urinate calories now. Who knew? Idiot “journalists”.

[fatnotlazy]

“Metformin did absolutely nothing for me. Had better results with Chromium.”

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Metformin helped damage my kidneys and chromium did absolutely nothing for me.

There is no one size fits all diet or treatment that works for every diabetic. We just have to find what’s best for us individually.

[traderrob6]

I eat peanuts/almonds for a late night snack and that helps a bit.

Carbs around 40/day

Sugars: 20 or less.

Liver enzymes were A-OK last time checked.

[Black Agnes]

LOL.

Starve?

Your liver hates you.

That’s ok, mine hated me too for a while. Maybe they can form a support group or something.

The only thing i’ve done differently lately is take probiotics. And make sure I get enough vitamin d3. That helped my sugars too. I was paaaasty white when my a1c was 13. I get nice and tan in the summer. Helps my energy level too.

[The_Sword_of_Groo]

"Confucious say: Block action of enzyme long time much bad mojo. See: statins, cox2 inhibitors, others."


Indeed....increasing the glucose content in the bladder of a diabetic patient? what could go wrong?

[fatnotlazy]

” I tend to shy away from new drugs.”

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Me too...until they have been in use for some time and appear to be safe and effective.

When Januvia came on the market, I had various medical professionals, friends and relatives push me into trying it. I didn't. My family doctor said it was too new. Sure enough, some serious issues have developed.

[Graybeard58]

Lack of sleep will give me high sugar too.

Too many sweet dreams.

[Black Agnes]

Ok, I have to tell this. One night I dreamed I was in Krispy Kreme. Even the smell was right. I was eating a whole dozen flat of those. Chocolate covered with the icing in the middle. (no telling the carbs in those, I do NOT want to know!). When I woke up my sugar was 120. Which never happens. It’s always somewhere between 80 and 85 fasting. All I can think is my dream convinced my liver that a bunch of sugar was on the way. Or something.

Or maybe my sugar went up for some reason and my body felt that and adjusted my dreams accordingly.

I miss those donuts.

[traderrob6]

My A1C is not really bad (5.9)it’s just that dang “Dawn Phenom” you mentioned.

I guess inexplicable would be the word to describe it.

[Black Agnes]

Antibiotic manufacturers are gearing up for the inevitable UTI’s right now!

Long cranberry futures!

[Ditter]

My husband often wakes up with higher sugar than when he went to bed. He always blames his liver. Maybe it is dreams+liver.

[Black Agnes]

If I wake up after an action dream where I’m running or afraid or something my sugar is always higher. It’s like my liver is dumping it because i’m going to need it

[Black Agnes]

That’s probably what’s driving up your a1c.

Now, I’m off to slave to my recumbant bike. Getting old sucks.