How To Take Metformin | How To Start Taking Metformin | How To Reduce Metformin Side Effects
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Hey guys! This weeks video is about metformin and the importance of slowly building up your dose to the prescribed dose to help reduce it's side effects when you're first started on it.
Metformin is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes and sometimes polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Type 2 diabetes is an illness where the body doesn't make enough insulin, or the insulin that it makes doesn't work properly. This can cause high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia). PCOS is a condition that affects how the ovaries work.
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KEY FACTS:
• Metformin works by reducing the amount of sugar your liver releases into your blood. It also makes your body respond better to insulin. Insulin is the hormone that controls the level of sugar in your blood.
• It's best to take metformin with a meal to reduce the side effects.
• The most common side effects are feeling sick, vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach ache and going off your food.
• Metformin does not cause weight gain (unlike some other diabetes medicines).
• Metformin may also be called by the brand names Bolamyn, Diagemet, Glucient, Glucophage, and Metabet.
HOW AND WHEN TO TAKE:
It's best to take metformin tablets with a meal to reduce the side effects. Swallow your metformin tablets whole with a glass of water. Do not chew them.
Metformin tablets come in different strengths. Your doctor will tell you how many tablets to take a day.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF METFORMIN:
Metformin comes as 2 different types of tablet - standard-release tablets and slow-release tablets.
Standard-release tablets release metformin into your body quickly. You may need to take them several times a day depending on your dose.
Slow-release tablets dissolve slowly so you don't have to take them as often.
Your doctor or pharmacist will explain what type of metformin tablets you are on and how to take them.
Metformin is also available as a liquid for children and people who find it difficult to swallow tablets. Liquid metformin is called by the brand name Riomet.
WILL MY DOSE GO UP OR DOWN:
Your doctor will check your blood sugar levels regularly and may change your dose of metformin if necessary.
When you first start taking metformin standard-release tablets you will be advised to increase the dose slowly. This reduces the chances of getting side effects.
(See video for explanation on how to build up dose slowly)
If you find you can't tolerate the side effects of standard-release metformin, your doctor may suggest switching to slow-release tablets.
HOW TO COPE WITH SIDE EFFECTS:
• Feeling sick - take metformin with food to reduce the chances of feeling sick - it may also help to slowly increase your dose over several weeks.
• Diarrhoea or vomiting - have small but frequent sips of water. It may also help to take oral rehydration solutions which you can buy from a pharmacy or supermarket to prevent dehydration. Don't take any other medicines to treat diarrhoea or vomiting without speaking to a pharmacist or doctor.
• Metallic taste in the mouth - if you find that metformin is giving you a metallic taste in the mouth, try chewing sugar-free gum.
If you find you are suffering from side effects talk to your doctor about switching to a slow-release tablet.
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I had a mini-stroke age 68 and was diagnosed with diabetes. I was prescribed 1,000 mg Metformin. The Doctor gave me 10 seconds to be aware of gastric side effects. The side effects were horrible. I restarted at a very low dose and took several months yes several months to titrate or get used to it. That worked so take your time as you will have diabetes for a long time.! Went to a low carb diet and lost 40 pounds 195 lb to 155 lb. That did the trick and am now pre-diabetic. The metformin works and oddly I rarely get sick now. Good luck.
Since your post is 2 years old, I assume you know now that you will not have diabetes for a long time. It is completely reversible through diet alone.
I eat it right in the middle of my meal and it has helped me significantly...
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Do u have pcos?
My side effects were so severe, I was up in the middle of the night feeling like death in my bathroom. My doctor put me in 1000 mg a day IMMEDIATELY after diagnosing me. My results have been terrible because I completely stopped taking the medication, I’m going to start taking only 500 mg a day now. Spilt the tab in two and take one with breakfast and the other with dinner! Thank so much for this video!!!
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look into Berberine the herb
Same for me.
I think the extended release formulation has fewer side effects
The extended release is so much better for me than the immediate metformin. I can eat again without running to the bathroom!
reading through these comments it's great to see these videos offering support to people that they can really use in their life, good to see youtube being used as a platform for education.
Glad I could help :) Thanks for commenting :)
jay jay
Great job it's so important to slowly build the dose of metformin to reduce side effects. Nicely done with the demonstration too.
Moudy K thanks for commenting 😃
I have been taking 500mg extended release in the a.m. and 1000mgs in the evening. I also take other medication for my type 2 diabetes. I feel really lucky for no side effects
This video is really helpful .. I suffer PCOS and this video help me to know about the side effects, etc. of metformin that I did not asked to the doctor. Thank you so much. Godbless!
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1.51 love how you show how to increase the dose of metformin!
ETP Iy thanks for commenting 😃
So far it seems to be working better than how my Doctor told me to take them...as a matter of fact i had stop taking them because they were making me sick and i told my doctor and he stated take half still didn't work so i speak with him again to reduce my dosage or give me another type nothing... so just in the few days that I've been trying your way...so far so good...plus ive always ate healthy worked out a lot because I'm a athlete I played a lot of sports when I was younger I am 57 years of age now and I still workout not as much as I used to 10 15 minutes a day if that but I try to get something in... will keep you updated... Tysm again🙏💖⭐💯🌷
I’ve been on metforrmin for two months. I take 500 milligrams twice a day as prescribed by my doctor, and it’s done really great for me with no side effects. My numbers tend to stay in the 80 s and 90 s.
Want to take from before meal or after meal???
I am doing intermittent fasting and taking metformin at night 850mg after dinner. I have headaches in the morning but I guess that's coz I don't eat in the morning and my sugar is low... I'm told to take it 2x a day, but I'm already losing weight and lowering my sugar from fasting.
early squad. wonderful video. I had many patients asking me about more information about metformin and i will use this video in my patient counselling sessions.
joseph vinod thanks for commenting please do 😃
I have a PCOS but im taking methaformin without the doctors prescribe but im taking it after breakfast once a day so far no side effect:)
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This video and some of the comments have been very helpful! I have had several incidents where I messed up my clothes or had to constantly go to the rest room. Was glad to be working from home. I will try what was suggested. Thanks
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This is what I’m afraid of lol 😂 but I think I’ll try it the way he suggests hopefully I won’t have any accidents
Like how you're so down to earth, using some cardboard and a market pen to draw a guide excellent
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That is pretty awesome and smart and down right simple...i agree💯 thank you
Loved the cardboard 2
i stopped taking metformin 5 weeks ago and i feel much better..
I've been on this for months now and I found this video to be very insightful. I kinda knew what it did before by an explanation from the doctor. But the visualizations in the video explained it better.
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My diabetes specialist just increased my dose so hoping going from 1 to 2 that the side effects I am experiencing will diminish in a couple weeks because the second dose is really helping with my sugar levels. I have worken myself and spouse up from the explosive gas since going to two pills. Note that my diabetes specialist said nothing works as good on Type II diabetes as making diet and exercise changes, and losing weight, all of which I am working on and seeing some success; but Metformin is really helping with sugar levels until I get there naturally, wild side effects notwithstanding.
Thank you for this. I take it to help my Hidradenitis and am on ER. I appreciate the info! Has helped so much ❤
Glad it was helpful!
This really helped. I have been putting off starting my meds because of the side effects messing with another medical condition I have. Sadly the doctors I speak to do not let me know any of this. They just prescribe it and when I ask about it all they say is it'll help. This answered so many questions!
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My doctor switched me from 500 mg to 1000 mg in less than 2months without testing my sugar levels before changing them what should I do.
Since when I tell her, she only says one should take the highest level the body can bear
Quit eating dairy products
Please don't take this stuff!🙃🙏🏻 Just excercise daily
I wish this wasn’t stuck behind the counter! I don’t have diabetes but it has the potential to delay most age related diseases in humans! There is multiple benefits of taking metformin.
I would love to read some materials on this if you Cain share. Thank you 😊
Just buying metformin earlier that's why im here. Thank you for the helpful guidance.
Glad my tips helped!
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I'm taking berbesta and also glueconorm because of pcos...though I didn't know that I have pcod problem but as I'm prescribed by a gynchologist and I use to take these tablets twice in a day..hope recover as soon as possible with proper diet and exercise.. Hope all stay healthy and be healthy
Did medicinal keto for two years. This last year I’ve gone back to eating a small amount of carbs. Maybe 50 to 75 grams a day. Check my blood sugar, blood pressure every day and my Keytone levels every two or three days. Everything is perfectly normal. I’m 68 and come from a family that has diabetes on both sides. Once I became insulin sensitive again it was like starting again in my 20s. Will never go back to eating as much carbs as I did in my youth. Lost 35 pounds, I’m at the weight I was in my 20s, i lost 6 inches off my waist, blood pressure in the morning is 108/64 almost like clockwork. And another major benefit was acid reflux I’ve been suffering with for two decades disappeared in the second week of doing keto. Haven’t even had heartburn in three years. No drugs necessary. Change your diet.
What do you mean by medicinal keto
Yep, which as a newly diagnosed Type 2, that is what I am doing. Keep it up!!
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way to ignore the part of the video where he said "when diet and exercise aren't enough" 😒😒😒😒😒😒
@@zeldafaithmusic8211 'diet' usually suggested doesn't include FASTING/ketosis
Ive been taken it for about a week now, newly type 2 diabetic, the diarrhea went away but i noticed i lose my appetite alot
Hmm, my doctor did not mention this. Will be calling my pharmacy Monday. I just received the metformin today. Thanks for the warning. ❤
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Down 17 lbs in 40 days with Metformin
Thanks for sharing
Up 15 lbs. in one year on Metformin!
The king of pharmacy does it again, will show this video to my dad
Tai Clop thanks for commenting 😃
Metformin 500 mg when should we take it before or after meals. Thanks in advance
Md.Sharif Sheik he said after meal....immediately I assume
Can take in the middle of the meal too
Super pharmacist, explaining in an easy way. Great guy with the ability to connect.Can you possibly inform about thyroxine, please. Thank you for video and blessings and greetings and hugs.
Thanks for the great comment really made me smile :) What would you like to know about thyroxine? I did make a video on Levothyroxine a couple of weeks ago if that helps? ua-cam.com/video/dC2PwVvJmxY/v-deo.html
Thank you for this sir. I am really hesitating to take this med for the first time tonight. I've seen so many comments about the side effects. :(
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RRSSWanderWoman. Ph Vlogs - Im was the same
till last thursday...and still planning to ditch the bloody thing
Omg, thank you so much for this video , my doctor did not tell me this. I am definitely going to try this because I was having bad side effects. Thanks again, great video 🙂
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Thank you for this great information. Please what can I do to regain my sense of taste which I unfortunately lost due to taking METFORMIN. It 2 yrs now I can't get the taste of any food. I just eat so I don't stay hungry.PLEASE HELP.
Nice video but metformin makes me feel like I've got the flu. I feel lethargic and dizzy and I just want to go to bed. My heart races and my brain is scattered. I told the GP and he changed it to prolonged released but no difference. Then he gave me slow release insulin injections which gave me hypos and then empagliflozin which also gave me hypos. So now I'm trying diet and exercise but it's a struggle and my sugar levels are in the 20's.
I feel so lucky that I never experienced any side effects on Metformin even back when I took 1000 mg twice a day.
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Patrick McCurry did it help you lose wait?
Weight oops
Back when? So no longer on? I'm currently on 1000 mg twice a day but hoping to come off it one day.
Same. I have had no serious side affects. I take it after I eat but, I wait for 10-15min before I take it.
Inspirational pharmacist, love this one
Dama Vand thanks for commenting 😃
Thank you so much Abraham it helps a lot i was diagnose with PCOS when I was 13 years old imagine taking pills until 28 LOL. But i just recently try this metformin because im afraid of side effect. Thumbs up 👍
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Been on Metformin for around 20 years. 500 mg id then tid after a while. Works well for me. A1c always below 6.0
Thanks for sharing, sending awesome vibes :)
I had the immediate release then made me so sick so I got the extended release and it has been good!
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Leila Fatehi How many do you take per day and how much weight have you lost?
I wana to lose weight will it help n how mch time it will take to lose weight
Metformin should be taken with vitamin B12.
Yes! I learned this the hard way unfortunately! The METFORMIN had me feeling weak and diarrheal all the time. The B12 started helping immensely!
Careful, too much B12 can give you issues, as well.
@@gwine9087 not really. Your body will take what B12 it needs, then excrete the rest of it via urine
@@BetterMe981 Then why did two doctors tell my wife to cut back as she had too much in her blood tests? Why wasn't it "excreted"?
Injectable b12
This video help me in maintaining the glucose level with valuable information . Thanks
Glad I could help
It worked great for me for 6 years, then all of a sudden I became allergic to it, the doctor told me it happens to a lot of people after taking it for a while :-(
What a nice pharmacist...
Thank you....
Our pleasure!
This video came right in the nick of time, my two neighbors both had heart attacks. They have been suffering from nausea and diarrhea
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I take this medication metformin how many tablets can you take
After six moths of use metformin does not work the body gets use to the drugs ....solution ? eating no fruit and a low carb diet ! "FASTING !! Why is metformin bad for kidneys?
In some people, metformin causes blood glucose levels to drop too low, and the medical term for this is hypoglycemia. ... Certain people taking metformin may also have a risk of kidney damage. A 2018 study suggests that metformin may reduce kidney function in people with both chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.Mar 20, 2019
Impaired renal function can lead to the accumulation of metformin, and elevated concentrations of metformin have been associated with lactic acidosis. ... Conclusions: Metformin may have an adverse effect on renal function in patients with type 2 DM and moderate CKD
great video! will send this to my uncle he's just started taking metformin, cheers Abrahamthepharmacist
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I wanted to know it I can use it for PCOS even though I don’t have diabetes and this cleared it up for me. Thank you.
I started a week ago! I can’t stop running to toilet, I vomited few days ago when I woke up, I’m nauseated almost ALL DAY... & I’m only on 500mg once a day EXTENDED release
I started 4 days ago. The first day I took it when I woke up I vomited and had diarrhea. It’s gone now but I feel nauseated all day. I’m on the 500mg ER. Idk what to do I hate this feeling 😫
Me toooo 😭😭😭😭
My problems as well , feel terrible when l wake
I was type 1 diabetes with a 5.8 a1c my endocrinologist doctor told me to stop using humalog 4 units quickpen since my blood sugar levels was excellently controlled & I now started using metformin 500 mg 2x daily. She said I'm type 2 diabetic I don't understand how? So I'm still staying focused and the years go on.
Im a chronic overeater always have been but i think metformin is taking care of that because overeating on metformin will have you blasting lava out of your ass and sometimes puking. Its a great deterrent! 😂
🤣🤣🤣 so true
Pictures or it never happened
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@Daniel Joseph...thx my guy for the humor😆😁😁on it due to diabetes just been diagnosed but I can’t help I got all that furniture back there w/h hips and beautiful legs but as they say I get it from my mama lol 😂 ...that comment yiu stated my sister mentioned it as well but you said it better🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Fist off I would like to apologize for the long winded post and thank
you for making these videos, they have been very helpful, since I got
diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic in November 2016.
Being 53 years of
age at the time, I had all of the classic systems, dry mouth,
uncontrollable thrust, urinating constantly, finally after 3 months
having a really bad dream that was something terribly wrong that I
needed something removed from by bum. I checked myself to the
hospital and low and behold a sausage growth had manifested itself
and it had to be removed. By the time I checked into the hospital my
sugar levels were over 600+ and I instantly became the next
attraction once the surgery was done and after being there for over 3
weeks...to this date I don’t really know what it really was.
Once I got released
I got the tools to help me manage my diabetes, the insulin and the
monitor. Things were great for the first since I was watching my
diet and what I ate. After a two year period I have declined and my
last doctors visit was not all that great. My AC1 is 7.4 as of
1/23/02, I got prescribed Metformin (500mg) twice a day, then on top
of that I got prescribed Atorvastain (20mg), I took your advice and
stared doing it only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and doing a
Pro-biotic in the morning with peanut butter to cut down on the time
I spend in the crapper.
Due to my insurance
coverage I go to go on a program called Onduo, so far it gave me a
BioTel Monitor with unlimited test strip and lancets. It has been a
month or two later and I have switched heath insurance and now I
qualify for a 14 day CGM FreeStyle Libre Sensor, the only thing that
I have concerns is that I’m a smoker (trying to quit, even got a
box of free box of Chantix (I need to commit) and on top of that I do
drink more then two-four sometimes six beers a day after work to help
me relax and help me sleep. I have tried sleeping pill but they do
not work, all I do is toss and turn all night long and wake up in a
cold sweat after two maybe three hours of sleep.
What are your thoughts or have any insights on how to go about this?
Your new fan, Rafael
(Seattle)
What a fantastic video and INFO, Many thanks
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I had nothing but a horrible experience with this medication. Beside the chronic diarrhea, I was so exhausted and tired I didn’t feel like getting out of bed. Day after day after day I Was so tired I didn’t want to get out of bed. As soon as I stop taking it I got my energy back. A friend of mine had the exact same experience. I don’t know why in the side effects no one ever talks about how it takes all your energy.
because their job or his job is to promote it and I've also had terrible side effects and am tired of running to the bathroom every five hours.
Thanks! Neither my MD nor my pharmacist offered any counselling about taking MF. When my MD prescribed metformin I had: diarrhea, nausea, weakness, muscle and joint pain, upper resp infection...and NO SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION in my glucose levels. I'll try your method. Back in a few weeks...
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Brian Crane Of course they didn’t. It’s a good lesson to really check on anything prescribed, use brave or DuckDuckGo rather than google....I have done much better with them. Hope you are ok
Expertly done
Medicines thanks for commenting 😃
This was a helpful video. But what I loved was how it looked a bit like a rap video. With the changing backgrounds!
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The content is great, but the many camera movements and the view from below and top is very annoying and un comfortable
I am on day two for weight loss and not diabetes. My first morning I had sweet taste in mouth. The second day I was very hungry tonight. But I have only started with one pill and not two left.
I'm about to start this medication and reading comments, it's sounds like hard drugs that I always hear my friends they have to go squat, I'm comparing to the diarrhea that most say they deal with.
I've been taking it for 2 weeks now, 1000mg in the morning and 1000 mg in the evening, no one told me about any side effects of this drug, but luckily I haven't had any. Am I past the point of having them? It is the normal release, not the extended release.
I’m on same dose.. lucky you!
Is it bad to take two tablets at the same time?
Thanh’s great info
This is a very good drug "Metformin" to take if you eat a low carb diet and no white flour , no grains , no potaoes , no starch , no beans ,no fruit , and eat a healthy moderate protein diet , you can lose a lot of weight .if you keep your blood sugar below 90 and you do fasting , you will never get heart disease or cancer .
----"What foods should I avoid if I have cancer?"
This is the single most frequently asked question from people with cancer. The answer, of course, is complicated, but controlling your cancer through "diet "comes down to two principles: controlling your body's oxidation levels to prevent cancer and limiting your "sugar intake" to prevent metastasizing of cancers.
There are three causes of diabetes that trigger cancer growth when your blood sugar is uncontrolled:
1. Fruit juices, sweet drinks, and refined carbs.
A soft drink contains 10% sugar. So in a 1-liter bottle, you have just consumed 100 grams of sugar. If you do this three times a day and do that for 4 days, you have actually consumed about 1.2 kilograms of sugar. That is more than 2 pounds of sugar. It is beyond what the body can metabolize. We are practically growing cancer farms ! .
2. Avoid all Oily foods, especially " polyunsaturated " fatty acids.
Avoid polyunsaturated foods, and fats Foods and oils with higher amounts of polyunsaturated fats include :
Walnuts.
Sunflower seeds.
Flax seeds or flax oil.
Fish, such as salmon, mackerel, herring, albacore tuna, and trout.
Corn oil.
Soybean oil.
Safflower oil.
Canola Oil
Peanut Oil
Perhaps the only known oils that do not damage the" liver " are coconut oil and lard. They are both saturated fats and in chemistry are not subjected to free radical attacks. Put a vegetable oil in the sun, side to side with coconut oil, and in one month the coconut oil remains the same but the vegetable oil will turn to glue. Imagine what happens if this occurs in the body as fats and oil tend to accumulate and stay in your body for a long time. Once the liver is damaged, it can't handle the body's sugars as well.
3. Avoid Foods That Are High in Lectins such as Red Kidney Beans, Soybeans , Peanuts, Potatoes, The highest concentrations of lectins are found in foods like legumes, grains and nightshade vegetables
Avoid all Wheat products;
Wheat contains a protein that destroys your pancreas, and studies show that this alone can initiate type 1 diabetes. Now in a cancer patient, if the pancreas doesn't work the blood sugar gets high, but as the pancreas gets destroyed, it can't produce pancreatic enzymes. Without enough enzymes in your system, the body cannot digest the food and we end up having cancer cachexia.
"" What Not to Eat "" ;
As for a short list of what not to eat, here is an excerpt from one of my private emails:
NO WHEAT PRODUCTS , NO CORN PRODUCTS .
NO fruit or fruit juices , NO Milk .
NO COFFEE , NO sweet drinks or sodas
NO sugar or artificial sugars.
NO corn syrup or fructose. No Dairy
NO carbonated water. Plain UN -chlorinated water is always .
NO vegetable oils ...except coconut oil used in cooking.
NO fried foods.
NO calcium.
NO large meals consisting largely of meats.
On the positive side, do drink plenty of water Do not eat before sleep and no large meals at dinner. Dinnertime is best before 5 p.m. No meals after this. Obviously, no snacks and bakery products.
Supplements that reduce blood sugar are helpful, as in glucophage (metformin) twice a day, B3 250 mg three times a day, and vitamin B-1 , 100 mg three times a day . Organic White tea is also important in flushing out excess sugar, while lysine, threonine, , Vitamin C, proline, tannic acid and perhaps organic green tea can help .
It is MOST important, though, to get blood sugar below or equal to 90 mg/dL. You have a 97% better survival rate from cancer if you do.
--- Controlling Your Blood Sugar When You Have Cancer ---
My method for checking blood sugar is to do so 1 HOUR AFTER eating food. Most medical practitioners today measure blood sugar based on 12-hour fasting blood sugar, which is the wrong way to measure with cancer. The reason why they are wrong is cancer becomes metastatic after a blood sugar spike ONE HOUR AFTER A MEAL. The cancer becomes metastatic in the second hour.
Obviously you have to find a cure for diabetes to cure cancer, but in more reasonable terms, if you can CONTROL BLOOD SUGAR not to exceed 110 the cancer simply can't go into metastasis.
I have found three substances that get blood sugar down, namely:
N acetyl Cystiene
Beta carotene (mostly found in carrots)
Bitter cucumber.
The Nacetyl cysteine has a long-term effect (which takes about a week) to get blood sugar down, but the quickest is freshly squeezed carrot juice alone or with bitter cucumber. That gets blood sugar down fairly quickly, always less than 110.
Research circles surmise that diabetes is due to a deficiency in beta-carotene and cryptoxanthin (the yellow pigments in carrot, pumpkins and orange rinds). Beta-carotene is a provitamin of Vitamin A. From my own observation I have found provitamins, or percursors of vitamins, to be far more effective than the vitamins themselves in a few cases, such as panthenol, which is a vitamin B5 of pantothenic acid or beta-carotene for example.
These get blood sugar down very quickly and also have a stabilizing effect on blood pressure (in some cases there is no need to take blood pressure medicine if carrot juice is consumed).
Most people with cancer are diabetic. However, most do not know they have diabetes or are border line , even if they did measure their blood sugar. Now, cancerous tumors require "sugar" and "glucose" for them to persist, but they REQUIRE FRUCTOSE TO METASTASIZE.
The best way to stop the metastasis has got to be lysine , BUT WITHOUT THE CALCIUM or any dairy products .
But the trigger for metastasis cancer is fructose and sugar levels. The facts on this issue of cancer survival are based on a Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) report, that people who have more than 90 mg/dL of blood sugar have a 97% increased chance of dying. And those with blood sugar below or equal to 90 mg/dL have a 97% greater chance of survival. It's a key fact that people keep overlooking.
A cancer can reach general metastasis within 2 hours after consuming most fructose, especially in fruit juices of all kinds. Cancer here in Thailand exploded in the past 5 years here, right after national sales of fruit juices skyrocketed. So it's no coincidence that fruit juices, even without added sugar (called sucrose), do contain large amounts of sugars, such as the fructose found in fruits to begin with.
People tell me how healthy fruits are, and of course they are healthy, for healthy people. What we fail to realize is that research studies assume people with normal blood sugar find them beneficial, and also that in laboratory rats, we prepare fruit extracts, WITHOUT the sugar fructose.
Fructose is more dangerous then sucrose, but sucrose is a double sugar that has fructose and glucose built in. The body's insulin merely controls your blood glucose, but has no control of fructose directly allowing fructose, as a Trojan horse to damage the system .
Regardless of the type of sugar consumed, too much sugar can cause problems. It leads to fermentation in the body that feeds and promotes yeast growth and negative bacteria. Overeating sugary foods causes constipation and gas, and this gas can back up into the bloodstream. This is where most diseases originate-from candida to cancer and everything in between. If you want to be healthy, you must learn to cut back on sugary , refine-carbs and starchy foods.
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Cancer----
In 2013 Tim was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Synovial Sarcoma. www.toughliketim.com/story.html
Identifying stressful areas in your life is the first step toward reclaiming your health. Lack of enjoyment of life, money issues, worry, and fear build stress. But the most common stress on the body is eating and abusing harmful foods.
Abusing foods is the most common stress to the body. People consume foods that were never meant to be in our body, they eat foods in amounts that the body can’t manage, and they eat at times they shouldn’t be eating.
Before viewing my diet suggestions, please understand that health begins with what you eliminate from your diet, not with what you add. The first step in recovery and healing is to remove the problem foods from your diet. Then you can replace them with the healthy food you should have been eating from the beginning.
++-- The Causes
At a fundamental level, obesity occurs when people regularly eat and drink more calories than they use. Besides a person's eating behavior, a number of factors can contribute to obesity, including a lack of physical activity, a lack of sleep, (sleep apnea) genetics and the use of certain medications that can cause weight gain or water retention, such as corticosteroids, antidepressants or some seizure medications.
Modern culture and conveniences also, in part, contribute to obesity. According to the Mayo Clinic, environmental factors that promote obesity include: Oversized food portions, busy work schedules with little time for an active lifestyle, limited access to healthy foods at supermarkets, easy access to fast food and lack of safe places for physical activity.
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I was prescribed Metformin. Starting with 500mg in the morning. But my bowel is really struggling through the day. It's so unpleasant. So I'm going to switch to even meal. That makes so much more sense. Thanks
I enjoyed the very informative video....
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...
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How are you so productive don't you get tired? How do you manage your current lifestyle? I need motivation to get out of my bed. Amazing video by the way wish you would have made it 3 months ago when I started on these.
I just love what I do and it gives me the motivation and drive to keep on doing it. Maybe I shall do a video on being productive :) Thanks for the comment shame it's too late hopefully more people will see the video who are starting metformin.
@@AbrahamThePharmacist 5 years later but i have been on the fence since January and today i decided i will take my first dose ..i chopped my pills in half because being a truck driver i dont want to subject myself to any of the god awful symptoms at once…i started at 325 this morning after a fasting test so i know it was time ..hopefully this goes well for me
i have pcos i just started today and am already with diarrhea 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I have on it for ten years now and the side effects of it you say diahorrea I'll not be scared 😂 any more thanks for sharing
I have been on and off this medication over the past year I stop taking it because I feel severely depressed while taking like suicidal I’ve gone off it and it goes away, my doctor says this medication doesn’t cause depression so I go back on it and same thing! I’m not taking any other medications only multi vitamins! I am having heart pain now because this is making me have so much anxiety I don’t know why this is causing me to feel this way or why I feel this way on this medication and why I’m the only one
Same here my anixity is sky high and my heart all it does is hurt and races
I heard it could be low b12
I don't have sugar ...still doctor prescribed me this ... Should I take it?
HI! I'M 22 YRS. OLD, NO PCOS AND NOT DIABETIC AT ALL. CAN I INTAKE METFORMIN FOR JUST WEIGHT LOSS? NOT OVERWEIGHT BUT KINDA CHUBBY. THANK U FOR NOTICING THIS!
thanks doc for the information
Most welcome!
i hear magnesium works just as well, or better, to increase insulin sensitivity. magnesium also is the primer for immune cells to fight serious bacterial infections (mrsa etc.), similar to vit. b3 and vit d. (2021 research by austrian researchers). and magnesium is much safer (mag glycinate or mag spray have almost zero risk for diarrhea).
My doctor prescribed me 500mg two a day. I started just one day for now. I usually take more holistic approach but I'll take it temporary.
This is very informative. Just got back on metformin fornid 500mg and i had diarrhea a few mins ago.
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I was on 4 immediate release Metformin per day after type 2 diagnosis. I started getting explosive diarrhea almost immediately. It was frightening. I'm now on the same dose on the slow release which is working better as long as I don't take them to close together.
Slow release is deadly for your liver and can trigger cancer
Thank you fabulous information!!!
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my doctor prescribed this bcause i have pcos but i stop it with out him knowing...now am kinda want to start again for real....
Thank you! I was wondering is it okay to have all three at the same time?
No way, take the separately at meal times
I have found that taking it with food reduces diahorea considerably. So I usually take it half way through my meal with some water. I have to take it due to cysts on my ovaries. I take one tablet in morning and evening - 1000mg. I also take a B12 supplement every day
Thanks for sharing!!
Great video but what about talking to your nurse? often its nurses in primary care starting metformin
Thank you for commenting I actually thought the same thing whilst I was editing, I didn't realise how much I said doctor until editing, then it was too late. So yes 100% agree with you and people should know that they can also speak to their diabetic nurse, advance nurse practitioner, nurse too. Stay tuned for new weekly videos every Monday, hope you enjoy them too :) Feel free to subscribe to stay up to date.
Thank you 🙏 for all your info!
You are so welcome!
Please do more and more videos, you r super, I’m a pharmacist and you r doing a big favor for me by doing these awesome videos👌👍🙏
I will do, not to worry. New video will be live this Monday 4pm GMT, hope you like it looking forward to reading your comment on the video :)
Lol... for what to earn more profit
I just started today and I took it with my breakfast. For week 1 I only take 1 pill daily and then it builds up after that. I’m prediabetic and I’ve been having a hard time trying to lose weight. I’m hoping to get my health back on track with my low carb diet and walking!
Make sure to have your cortisol levels checked, endogenous cushing's syndrome is quite frequent
Good advice
I'm prediabetic as well. Have you noticed results?
Right away I had started taking 1000 mg and I went to the cemetery to visit family and every few minutes I had to have family drive me to the bathroom 😭😭 this helps
Good idea, thanks 🙏
You are welcome!
Why didn't you mention the possibility and probability of low b12 vitamin.
Thanks alot i badly need this information 💁♀️ 💞
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this info
Thanks for commenting :)
Thanks so much ...this was so helpful
You are so welcome!
When should one take metformin before meal or after meal and timing thereof
I guess it does help you lose weight when it has side effects that acts like a laxative. I had very painful cramping and then diarrhea after meals with taking Metformin. I'm off of it now.
Wow I wish it would work like that for me I need a break through I have no side effects I wish it would work like a laxative for me..Lol
yeah you right . . . all day my ass feel full its like to burst but . . . . its false alarm. . .
I have PCOS.and my weight is gaining day by day. I workout a lot..so can i take this medicine without a glucose test??
How to stop taking it ? What could be the side effects if we stop ?? Are we prone to diabetes if we discontinue metformin??
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I know if I take it on an empty stomach I can no longer trust a fart....
Thank you...ive started trying it your way.. will let you know how it goes... Tysm again💖⭐🌷💯
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So vividly n beautiful explained 👍👍my query is can glycomet gp1 be split into two halves n also it's causing lot of weight loss how to prevent losing more weight ?
Very helpful
Glad it helped
My closed captioning is saying Matt Foreman. It threw me off until I figured it out…I’m a dumbass sometimes lol
On my last lab my a1c was normal 5.6. And my doctor reduced my Metformin from 2000mg a day to 1000mg. I found that it was causing burning in my chest and problems with my fingers. I'm thinking 1000mg is to much now because my Gl: is 101 and A1c is normal. This was because I lost 20lb and I'm thinking this stuff is making things worse.