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Good morning from the Algarve, Southern Portugal all you warriors.

Some news of interest to those with diabetes, some are years away from viability, some are on the horizon.

There are some promising studies being done with stem cells, that seem to repair the pancreas in some cases.

There are isles of langerhans cells being grown in the laboratory setting.

There are pouches being inserted under the skin that are filled with isles of langerhans. Although they must be replenished every few… read more

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Insulin makes me gain weight. And metformin doesn't do anything.

It seems that people I know who take Jardiance and Victoza and Trulicity seem to be able to eat more carbs than people just taking metformin or drugs like glipizide. Do these drugs allow you to eat more carbs and still keep your blood glucose in check?

The questions about side effects of prescribed drugs are valid

Any time you put a foreign substance in your body there is likely to be some "side effect", sometimes none noticeable, sometimes minor or fleeting and sometimes downright nasty

BUT don't forget WHY the Doctor is even considering prescribing that Nasty-Dangerous Medication

Specifically when talking about Diabetic Medications too many come in with the (apparent) attitude that they have some OTHER Choice

Of course you have the… read more

We are T2s that means we have a carb limit we can process at any one time and more carbs of any type will send us high as a kite...

But weirdly, most posting T2s think they can test a food to see if it affects more than another carb food, their reasoning is they say because everyone is different

They say they test and have proven food xx does not affect them as much as food yy BUT they have not proven it at all because they do not know the base load of carbs they were already processing… read more