bad sweets, good sweets...

According to the MD who talks on Fox News "Sunday House Call", aspartame is very bad for you and saccrine is the best artificual sweetner for you. Basically, this MD said
that any of the artificual sweetners are better for you than sugar and gave this discussion of the best and worst. So, I'll have to see iff'n we've got saccrine at home for
my oatmeal...

betrayed by my diet sodas!!!

The following rather horrifying quote came from:
bad news:

"FACT:
DIET SODAS ARE NO SALVATION FOR THE OVERWEIGHT: As the U.S. population has grown increasingly overweight, the marketing of diet products to help control weight has
burgeoned. But do diet sodas help reduce obesity? The San Antonio Heart Study took a closer look (#1058). The opposite was true. The group that drank diet soda had the highest incidence of overweight, compared to those who
drank only regular soft drinks (lowest incidence) and those who drank half of one, half of the other (in between). This "raises questions about the advisability of reliance on these products for weight control," say the
authors."

ADA 65th Annual Scientific Sessions: Abstract 1058,
Presented June 12, 2005.

This begs the question: what am I going to drink now that I realize that my Diet Pepsi has been back stabbing my diet attempts and I find regular sodas too damned sweet. Also, water is fine but boring! I suppose that I could "move to" fruit juices or veggie juices (i.e. tomato
juice).

I wonder if my "diabetics coach" can offer suggestions when she call on 2 August? Maybe she can explain what happened to the information packets she was going to mail me

the possibility of hypoglycemia in spite of taking metformin...

An interesting article about metformin> (part of which I have quoted below) gave a list of sympthoms. I've have had them if I exercised a lot or simply not eatten much. I hadn't expected hypoglycemia with type 2 diabetes and metformin:

Metformin does not usually cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Nevertheless, hypoglycemia may occur in the treatment of
diabetes, as a result of skipped meals, excessive exercise, or alcohol consumption. Know the signs and symptoms of low blood sugar, which include hunger, headache, drowsiness, weakness, dizziness, a fast heartbeat, sweating, tremor, and nausea. Carry a non-dietetic candy or glucose tablets to treat episodes of low blood sugar.

However, I think the odds of me dropping into hypoglycemia are quite small so I don't think I'll start carrying "non-dietetic candy or
glucose tablets" quite yet.

I trust that I have properly "sourced" the quoted material above...