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INSULIN-DEPENDANT DIABETICS SHOULD TAKE GLUCOPHAGE (METFORMIN)
Doctors recommend Glucophage for almost all diabetics who don't require insulin. Several recent studies show that even those who take insulin should also take this drug.
The first goal of treating diabetics is to keep sugar from rising too high after meals. When you eat, blood sugar levels rise. If they rise too high, sugar attaches to cells and is converted to a poison called sorbitol that causes heart attacks strokes, blindness, deafness, kidney failure and so forth. So the first goal is to keep blood sugar levels from rising too high after meals. Restrict sugar added foods and those made from flour such as bakery products and pastas. The second goal is to lower insulin levels because insulin constricts arteries to cause heart attacks, affects the brain to make you hungry and causes your liver to make more fat. Glucophage lowers insulin requirements by preventing blood sugar levels from rising too high after eating, which is the stimulus for your pancreas to release insulin. See report #D222.
HH Ponssen, JWF Elte, P Lehert, JP Schouten, D Bets. Combined metformin and insulin therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Clinical Therapeutics, 2000, Vol 22, Iss 6, pp 709-718. NETHERLANDS
Checked 8/9/05