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Herbalife products to lose weight

chayamalka

Has anyone used Herbalife shakes to lose weight and their other products? I am told by the sales lady that her other customers have balan...

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Is my doctor negligent? Not listening about diabetes meds and pancreas pain

Cher312

My current doctor has not listened to me when I use a diabetes medication and complain about pancreas pain, nausea, have been missing wor...

3 answers | 5 comments

Should I strive for a Basal to Bolus ratio of 40 / 60?

lsrpm1964

Can anyone who has been on insulin for a while now explain something to me? I have read that ideally, the amount of units of basal com...

2 answers

Diabetes’s

OlderMale

I Am Seeing A New Primary Care Doctor And Will Be Having A Yearly Physical With Him Will I Have To Fast Or Will He Give Me A Lab Slip

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diabetes and hypertension together

shanghy

I'm 27 years old, because of irregular work and rest, and I don't control my diet. Now there are hypertension and diabetes. How do you ...

5 answers | 4 comments

Does anyone sweat after taking your diabetic medicine?

Today56

I am starting to sweat in the morning after I take my dietetics medicine.

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Food tricks?

YSI

My daily routine for years was go to work, buy two donuts and a diet coke, eat fast at my desk lol, and then at lunch I ate food from the...

1 answer | 1 comment

Is anyone taking Jardiance? How is it helping you? Any side effects?

CKS0411

Want to know how people are reacting and benefits of this medication.

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Has anyone tried a low carb healthy fat diet? I am going to.

ehrlichrk

I am in a group that swears by it and has luck. Limit carbs to 30 to 40 per day. Very limited fruit allowed.

3 answers | 1 comment

Didn’t know where to ask this

csjc

Hi I recently gave up sugar, a week now, and ever since I have had severe anxiety, feelings of being disconnected and being in a dream li...

2 answers

Type 2 diabetes and getting the shakes and lightheadedness

ncolledge

I am type 2 diabetes and sometimes I get the shakes and lightdeadedness and feel like i am going to pass out. When I check my blood lev...

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Worsening Type II DM or auto-immune DM?

Cher312

I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes 9 years ago and noticed a cyclical change in blood sugars that get worse, then better since 2015. ...

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