Also, does metformin help to make you lose weight. I know its not a diet pill, but does getting your insulin back to normal really make that much of a difference, if you are eating healthier?

When we eat foods high in refined carbohydrates, the pancreas pump out insulin to help remove the sugar from the blood and get it into your cells. It is a highly choreograph dance. When your insulin spikes too often from a diet rich in the high-carb foods, your body gets confuse, stumbles, and stop making enough insulin for the amount of sugar you are eating. Which means you have to eat more high-carb food in order to get the same amount of insulin as before. It is a vicious cycle. This leads to high blood glucose, which sets the stage for diabetes.

Excess weight also contributes to insulin resistance because too much fat interferes with muscles’ ability to use insulin. Lack of exercise further reduces muscles’ ability to use insulin.

So obesity contributes to insulin resistance. But insulin resistance does not automatically contributes to obesity. If you follow a diet high in refined carbohydrates and develop insulin resistance, then you have a high chance of becoming obese. You have to eat more refined carb to get the same amount of glucose as a person with normal blood sugar which will probably result in weight gain.

Hope I am not confusing you.

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Also, does metformin help to make you lose weight. I know its not a diet pill, but does getting your insulin back to normal really make that much of a difference, if you are eating healthier?

Obesity causes insulin resistance (i.e. diabetes). Obesity is caused by a build up of fat being stored in the body, due to excessive eating. Nothing at all to do with your insulin levels. Never heard of metformin, but I would doubt that it causes you to lose weight – you it isn’t just your sugar intake you need to be worried about, it’s your calorie intake as well.

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Also, does metformin help to make you lose weight. I know its not a diet pill, but does getting your insulin back to normal really make that much of a difference, if you are eating healthier?

Obesity causes insulin resistance (i.e. diabetes). Obesity is caused by a build up of fat being stored in the body, due to excessive eating. Nothing at all to do with your insulin levels. Never heard of metformin, but I would doubt that it causes you to lose weight – you it isn’t just your sugar intake you need to be worried about, it’s your calorie intake as well.

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Also, does metformin help to make you lose weight. I know its not a diet pill, but does getting your insulin back to normal really make that much of a difference, if you are eating healthier?

Obesity causes insulin resistance (i.e. diabetes). Obesity is caused by a build up of fat being stored in the body, due to excessive eating. Nothing at all to do with your insulin levels. Never heard of metformin, but I would doubt that it causes you to lose weight – you it isn’t just your sugar intake you need to be worried about, it’s your calorie intake as well.

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All the symptoms I’ve found online are very broad..are there any specific ones? Can diabetes weaken one’s immune system?

Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age but usually first appears in childhood or adolescence. Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 – 10% of all diabetes cases. Symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes include:

•Frequent urination
•Excessive thirst
•Extreme hunger
•Sudden weight loss
•Extreme fatigue
•Irritability
•Blurred vision
Warning Signs of Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) occurs when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall below normal. Patients with type 1 diabetes should be aware of these symptoms of hypoglycemia:

•Sweating
•Trembling
•Hunger
•Rapid heartbeat
•Confusion
It is important to quickly treat hypoglycemia and raise blood sugar levels by eating sugar, sucking on hard candy, or drinking fruit juice. Patients who are at risk for hypoglycemia should carry some sugar product with them in case an attack occurs. In rare and worst cases, hypoglycemia can lead to coma and death. Regular blood sugar monitoring throughout the day can help you avoid hypoglycemia. Patients are also encouraged to wear a medical alert ID bracelet or necklace that states they have diabetes and that they take insulin.

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All the symptoms I’ve found online are very broad..are there any specific ones? Can diabetes weaken one’s immune system?

Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age but usually first appears in childhood or adolescence. Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 – 10% of all diabetes cases. Symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes include:

•Frequent urination
•Excessive thirst
•Extreme hunger
•Sudden weight loss
•Extreme fatigue
•Irritability
•Blurred vision
Warning Signs of Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) occurs when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall below normal. Patients with type 1 diabetes should be aware of these symptoms of hypoglycemia:

•Sweating
•Trembling
•Hunger
•Rapid heartbeat
•Confusion
It is important to quickly treat hypoglycemia and raise blood sugar levels by eating sugar, sucking on hard candy, or drinking fruit juice. Patients who are at risk for hypoglycemia should carry some sugar product with them in case an attack occurs. In rare and worst cases, hypoglycemia can lead to coma and death. Regular blood sugar monitoring throughout the day can help you avoid hypoglycemia. Patients are also encouraged to wear a medical alert ID bracelet or necklace that states they have diabetes and that they take insulin.

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All the symptoms I’ve found online are very broad..are there any specific ones? Can diabetes weaken one’s immune system?

Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age but usually first appears in childhood or adolescence. Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 – 10% of all diabetes cases. Symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes include:

•Frequent urination
•Excessive thirst
•Extreme hunger
•Sudden weight loss
•Extreme fatigue
•Irritability
•Blurred vision
Warning Signs of Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) occurs when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall below normal. Patients with type 1 diabetes should be aware of these symptoms of hypoglycemia:

•Sweating
•Trembling
•Hunger
•Rapid heartbeat
•Confusion
It is important to quickly treat hypoglycemia and raise blood sugar levels by eating sugar, sucking on hard candy, or drinking fruit juice. Patients who are at risk for hypoglycemia should carry some sugar product with them in case an attack occurs. In rare and worst cases, hypoglycemia can lead to coma and death. Regular blood sugar monitoring throughout the day can help you avoid hypoglycemia. Patients are also encouraged to wear a medical alert ID bracelet or necklace that states they have diabetes and that they take insulin.

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My puppy fights me when I try to give him his insulin shot every morning. It takes my husband to hold him down and me two or three try's to get it in. When we are finally done, we make sure to give him his safe to eat treat, like brocolli, but he still fights it. Any suggestions on how to make this a less tramatic experience for my poor little Boo Boo?

Try it with your legs across him and almost sitting on him by your self the bigger deal you make out of it the more scared the poor little thing will be before you ever stick him. My chow last year would not let my husband and I clip and groom him. I thought he probably gets panicky so this year I took him to a quiet place away from other distractions and he laid there and stood at times without one bit of trouble. He has hipdisplashaso I went to give him a shot which I thought I couldn't do so I caught him lying and did it he didn't budge.Take him to the bathroom where there is not as many distractions.Since you are the one that is around him more probable,he will do just fine with you.Or have your husband wrap him up in atowell sometimes that helps them not to be so scared.

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I am thinking about switching from the old fashioned insulin vial and syringes and getting on the disposable insulin pen, but am considering the economy of doing so.

I can use my regular syringes 3 or 4 times before disposing it. Can I do the same with the pen needles? Also, is the pen use better than the old fashioned way? I know its more convenient, but is it problematic?

untill it dosent work anymore…

well thats what i do but you really shouldnt

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My puppy fights me when I try to give him his insulin shot every morning. It takes my husband to hold him down and me two or three try's to get it in. When we are finally done, we make sure to give him his safe to eat treat, like brocolli, but he still fights it. Any suggestions on how to make this a less tramatic experience for my poor little Boo Boo?

Try it with your legs across him and almost sitting on him by your self the bigger deal you make out of it the more scared the poor little thing will be before you ever stick him. My chow last year would not let my husband and I clip and groom him. I thought he probably gets panicky so this year I took him to a quiet place away from other distractions and he laid there and stood at times without one bit of trouble. He has hipdisplashaso I went to give him a shot which I thought I couldn't do so I caught him lying and did it he didn't budge.Take him to the bathroom where there is not as many distractions.Since you are the one that is around him more probable,he will do just fine with you.Or have your husband wrap him up in atowell sometimes that helps them not to be so scared.

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