On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 10:53:24 PM UTC-8, Mou Yang wrote:
Good information. Thanks. I check my glucose everyday. It can range from 105 to 135. My A1C is 6.0 to 6.3. I follow my doctor's instruction, taking Metfomin (850mg) and Glimepiride (2mg). How do I get the glucose down further? I know it drops (5~10) if I add jogging to my daily walking. I worry about my knee, though.
And EdKang, don't be discouraged. I also believe in food therapy. I have tried your Noni juice, guava, dried wild guava. pomegranate, cinnamon powder, bitter melon & etc. None of them works. Do you have other suggestion?
For the classmates with high blood pressure, please try vinegar. It works for me.
Your Hemoglobin A1C is slightly over 7(<6% is normal value) is considered very minor diabetic. When blood glucose increases, the viscosity of blood also increases which will make blood clot more easily therefore will partially block the vessel causing heart attack, brain stroke or organ failure, the aspirin will reduce this clotting. The high blood glucose will increase the combination of protein (A1C) in the body with blood glucose to become a glycated hemoglobin which will reduce the oxygen carrying function, if too much hemoglobin A1C stays in capillary of kidney (or retina etc). will harden kidney glomerulus to reduce the kidney filter function. The ARB and ACE-I (2nd generation of ARB) will dilate the kidney vessel (this time not the vessel around penis like Viagra) therefore increase the filter out of those unwnated glycated hemoglobin. ACE-I and ARB is so far the most effective way to reduce the blood pressure. The side effect 1. increase blood potassium 2. if dry cough happen try another one. In order to take this medicine you should have healthy liver(AST, ALT) and kidney function (BUN and creatine). Because ACE-I or ARB will reduce the burden of kidney, therefore it is now a NIH (?) published standard procedure to add the ACE-I or ARB to the diabetic patients.
81 mg Aspirin will reduce platelet clotting as mentioned above, it also has anti-inflammation to deduce pain and more important will reduce the colon cancer which is considered due to colon inflammation and also prevent from alzheimers which is also considered by brain inflammation. Aspirin is a miracle drug not a poison.
ACE-I is less effective in the presence of Aspirin or other NSAID like Aleve, Advil talk to your doctor.