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> Ranee,
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> First, sorry to hear about a chronic health issue...those are a pain in the
> neck, yes?
> There's no reason you couldn't jump into the maintenance portion of those
> diets if you chose, or you could do what I do and use the system of 3's.
> Look at your plate. Imagine a line, dividing it in half. Divide one of the
> halves in half. You now have 3 sections. The largest section is
> veggies/salad. The two small are for a protein and a carb. Of course, some
> carbs are better than others, but you don't have to *always* choose the
> whole grain over the biscuit. I find the less "rules" there are, the better
> I am, and the better I eat. I've been doing this for a while now and feel
> better than I have in ages.
> I have insulin resistance, type II diabetes, and a separate metabolic
> disorder. I take metformin (glucophage) twice a day, along with glyburide
> and another medication for the metabolic syndrome. (And Prilosec, but that's
> nothing.) The main side effect I've experienced has been occasional stomach
> upset and nausea.

Has the stomach upset and nausea been an ongoing thing or was it
just until your body got used the the medication. I'm om metformin and
glyburide and have occasional bouts of mild to severe nausea and I have
to take gravol. I've been on metformin for about four years, but the
nausea didn't start until about a year later.....Sharon