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lost 5kg but hba1c the same

I think the doc is probably suggesting that it would take 3 months to see the effect of not taking Metformin because that is how long it would take for it's effect to be seen on your HbA1c, not that that is how long it takes to clear your system.... if that makes sense. Basically your HbA1c result is affected by the previous approx 3 months glucose levels, so if the metformin is having a beneficial effect it would take 3 months clear of it to show the full impact on your HbA1c.
 
MarcR said:
I was thinking that dried cranberries are better than raisins but now I read they have added sugar so may be worse!
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As all carbs are converted to glucose, we need to consider all carbs on UK product, not just sugar.
That said, a quick look on Tescos (randomly selected supermarket) website shows that dried cranberries are 83.9% carbs and raisins are 74.5% carbs. Both are very high but it depends how many you are eating.
 
rebrascora said:
I think the doc is probably suggesting that it would take 3 months to see the effect of not taking Metformin because that is how long it would take for it's effect to be seen on your HbA1c, not that that is how long it takes to clear your system.... if that makes sense. Basically your HbA1c result is affected by the previous approx 3 months glucose levels, so if the metformin is having a beneficial effect it would take 3 months clear of it to show the full impact on your HbA1c.
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I hadn't thought of it like that, thanks
 
helli said:
As all carbs are converted to glucose, we need to consider all carbs on UK product, not just sugar.
That said, a quick look on Tescos (randomly selected supermarket) website shows that dried cranberries are 83.9% carbs and raisins are 74.5% carbs. Both are very high but it depends how many you are eating.
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I think you can get dried cranberries without added sugar, or reduced sugar.
 
MarcR said:
I think you can get dried cranberries without added sugar, or reduced sugar.
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You can but they are still high carb at between 75g and 85g carbs per 100g and a high proportion of that being sugar despite being a very sour fruit.
Check out the GrapeTree web site and there are lot of different fruits, nuts and seeds with the nutritional information.
I think you may still be making the mistake of looking at the 'sugar' content rather than the carbohydrates.
Fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries are low carb with blueberries being a bit more but as soon as you dry them the carb content goes up.
 
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