Metformin

kpoulwilson
kpoulwilson Posts: 1 Member
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Any recommendations for diet when taking metformin?

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  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,851 Member
    Honestly, I'd say the same as if you weren't. It just makes it easier to stick to a deficit because you won't feel as hungry. Nothing wrong with that.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,346 Member
    if you are on Metformin for type 2 diabetes - then a diabetic diet.

    Medication works in conjunction with diet.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,384 Member
    edited August 2023
    paperpudding wrote: »
    if you are on Metformin for type 2 diabetes - then a diabetic diet.

    Medication works in conjunction with diet.

    Is that prescribed on an individual basis in conjunction with their specific health needs and with their PCP or is it just a leaflet of some kind where the patient is given some literature and the diet is in that literature? Or neither and the patient just has to figure out what the diabetic diet is. Just curious and I believe your living in Australia so it may not apply universally, anyway just curious, if you knew of course.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,384 Member
    Maybe try a clinic that deal and specialize in metabolic disorders. Their goal is to get you off metformin and bring your blood glucose levels down. It's an option that in Canada for example, is getting more popular. Cheers
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,346 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    if you are on Metformin for type 2 diabetes - then a diabetic diet.

    Medication works in conjunction with diet.

    Is that prescribed on an individual basis in conjunction with their specific health needs and with their PCP or is it just a leaflet of some kind where the patient is given some literature and the diet is in that literature? Or neither and the patient just has to figure out what the diabetic diet is. Just curious and I believe your living in Australia so it may not apply universally, anyway just curious, if you knew of course.


    In Australia, and world wide I believe, metformin is first line medication for type 2 diabetes, if diet control is not sufficient.
    It can also be prescribed for weight loss reasons and I believe conditions like POCS.
    but primarily for type 2 diabetes
    OP did not specify which applied to them.

    There is plenty of literature, brochures, etc published by diabetic association re diet and newly diagnosed diabetics are usually referred to diabetic educator for specific advice.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,384 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    if you are on Metformin for type 2 diabetes - then a diabetic diet.

    Medication works in conjunction with diet.

    Is that prescribed on an individual basis in conjunction with their specific health needs and with their PCP or is it just a leaflet of some kind where the patient is given some literature and the diet is in that literature? Or neither and the patient just has to figure out what the diabetic diet is. Just curious and I believe your living in Australia so it may not apply universally, anyway just curious, if you knew of course.


    In Australia, and world wide I believe, metformin is first line medication for type 2 diabetes, if diet control is not sufficient.
    It can also be prescribed for weight loss reasons and I believe conditions like POCS.
    but primarily for type 2 diabetes
    OP did not specify which applied to them.

    There is plenty of literature, brochures, etc published by diabetic association re diet and newly diagnosed diabetics are usually referred to diabetic educator for specific advice.

    Ok, thanks, yeah pretty much the same in Canada where the "standard of care" applies similarly.

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