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Cinnamon for blood sugar control
Does anyone else take cinnamon capsules for blood sugar control. When I first started this journey my FBG was between 103 and 116 at various readings and my A1C was 5.5. Over the course of a year I lost about 60 pounds. My FBG would not go below 100 and my A1C crept UP to 5.6 then 5.7. I was ready to admit defeat and start…
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Blood glucose testing question
If there's a different place to ask this please point me in that direction. I thought there might be some people in this group with experience with home glucose testing. I have not been diagnosed diabetic. My last fasting glucose and A1C were 90 and 5.2. However for 18 months I've been having episodes of rapid heartrate…
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How on earth does anyone stay under the sugar goal?
According to MFP my sugar goal is 69. I do not eat any sweets (was diagnosed pre-diabetic 18 months ago and react to sugary sweets so don't eat them). Yesterday my sugar was 99 from a small banana, a cutie, 4 oz of orange juice and a cup of grapes. I got a gram or 2 here and there. I wish MFP had a function to separate…
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Wacky cycle with weight loss?
I have lost 45 pounds since May and been stalled for about 6 weeks. During that time my periods were a little closer together for awhile. Now suddenly my cycle is longer and the "girls" have been sore for a week. No, there is absolutely positively no way I'm pregnant. Anyone else had cycle fluctuations due to weight loss?…
