Hi guys! I hope you are all well!

Diet is going good for us, but my Dr says I SHOULD be taking my metformin as well, but the leaflet says NOT to take it if the patient is on a 1000 or less calorie a day diet.

So what should I do? I don’t want to stop taking it and risk my levels going up, but how will I know if the diet is working unless I stop taking it? I’m due a review in Feb

Thanks!

If you don’t need the metformin your BGLs will drop too low so you need to monitor carefully and adjust accordingly. Many drs are not aware of how quickly many of us find that our BGLs improve or even return to normal and drug free on BSD.

Thanks for the reply. My doctor didn’t advise she just told me to keep taking it. Mind you she also said she was going to change my dose and she didn’t – useless

I’ve just had an e-mail about a Dr who has a diet which can reverse type 2 in 11 days – but to me that seems too dramatic. I like the way the BSD is slow and controlled.

Why dont you just reduce it a little and see how your BG reacts. I have cut my insulin by 50% and my glicazides by 1 third to stop my BG going too low. There are lots of charlatans jumping on the band wagon so beware. If this is working for you stick with it. There are plenty of people to vouch for this diet and we are real and not just an advertising ploy. Although if MM wants to pay me………..

HI 🙂

Aye, I know this works. I just weighed myself i’ve lost another 2 pounds since Wed 🙂

I was advised not to take my own blood as the machines were not accurate. But I think I will as that’s the only way I will know if it’s working or not. I don’t want to go back in Feb and be told my levels have gone higher and I have to inject. Needles and clowns are 2 things I literally would kill to get away from. :/

I wouldn’t trust someone who tells you not to test yourself! Take control of your own health! And to do that you need knowledge. The machines might not be 100% accurate but they’ll give a good indication of if what you ate two hours ago is fine or something to be avoided, and help you decide whether to reduce medication gradually.

Thanks for the reply Natalie. I will get a new machine in the new year. I need to change doctors I think – My doctor says there are no machines available on prescription yet my old surgery (and that of my wife’s) has a stock pile of them.

I got my machine on prescription from my doctor and it get updated every 3 years. I dont think he would provide it if it wasn’t accurate. That’s not to say an internet bought one would be as good but it does give you some indication

That’s what I am hoping to get, another machine on prescription. Love living in Wales!

I’ve stopped taking it for now – Yes I risk the chance of my levels going up (and I have bought a cheap machine anyway) but as I think I said elsewhere already, If this diet works they way people say it does. I won’t be putting myself at risk anyway.

One of our GPS dismissed the 800 diet as a fad supporting my husband we have been doing it anyway slowly cut out the glitz. Completley And Metformin down to one on morning and one evening.hubbie had lost over 35 11 bs and about 5 inches from his waist. It’s been a bit of a scary time with daily blood sugar’s going up and down with no obvious reason . although often the highest first thing before y breakfast..husband got a invitationfor a clinical assessment by a pharmacist surgery screening all type 2 patients .funded by a drug company .so expected to have to fight blooid posugar diet corner etc..he was surprisingly open to low carb low sugar but had never heard of the 800 Michael Mosley program. He had taken a Hb 1 c sample on arrival which although wasn’t from a vein said it was still almost as accurate. He said we should not have
reduced any of the meds let alone cut out th
e glitz.and could only stop drugs when HG levels dropped to 45 which is what he said we should be aiming for ( by the way husband’s was 95 at the start of the diet) we talked whilst we waited for the blood result special monity in front of him. He beamed leaned fioward shook my husband s hand and said thats amazyy congratulations your reading is 42 you should stop your meds !!!! .of course we know this is a way of life in terms of food and lifestyle we look forward to very carefully upping the calories y from 800 but staying on healthy ways of eating. We are overjoyed and feel a bit evangelical about recommending this program .there is a fly in the ointment 2 hrs later he rang to say that althy the docty was pleased with the result my husband should continue to take the two metformin for the next 2)3 months until a further hgb1 test can be done in 2)3 months to make sure the diabetes hadn’t restarted.we said all that will show is the next results are still drug assisted and that he intends to do home tests 3 times daily just to really keep an eye on what happens after going drug free .we are week 7 so thought about dropping the last of the meds slowly over next 2/ 3 weeks. what do we have to do to prove to cynics obsessed with just treating type 2 with drugs ..of course now we are worried about slowly stopping the Metformin y over the next few weeks. Is it dangerous As ever help support and advice please ( again )

metoo – I’ve just answered this exact same question to another post written by marxistfood ?!?.

Yes thanks u that’s my husband hadn’t realised he had also posted
. You can tell we feeling a little y worried about following the docs saying stay on metformin for another 2/ 3 months we still remain overjoyed though !!

Ahh, that explains it. xx