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  • I have found it listed some times on company websites.
  • It's this that made it an easy transition for me to incorporate IF into my LCHF WOE and generally just make it part of my WOL, whether it's 16:8, 18:6, 23:1, etc. I just base it on what happening around me - business lunch where socializing is important, I'll find something on the the menu I can eat but maybe I skip dinner…
  • An extended release formulation (ER, XR, SR, LA, etc.) is designed to stretch the release of that dose over a longer period of time as the dosage form moves through your gut. The idea is improve patient compliance in taking meds: fewer doses to remember to take a day, lessened side effects from the gradual release if the…
  • Metformin is recommended to be take with the meal for fewer GI issues (improved patient compliance/tolerability). Taken with food, an immediate release dose has delayed absorption and something like 25% less drug absorbed compared to a dose taken with no food. I never had any issues taking mine either way and didn't really…
  • The concern should only be your GI tolerance. I was on metformin twice a day for a couple of years and could also take it on an empty stomach with no issues. Its bioavailability is slightly higher without food anyway. LCHF for a few months and I'm off it completely (tapered, monitored blood glucose often, etc). Now LCHF…
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