You have all been around people who “eat like a bird”. These same people eat a saucer-full of food and say “ I just can’t eat another thing. In my meeting with nurse coaches this week, they told me about a woman with diabetes who had lost 30 pounds in a matter of months. She lost her appetite at exactly the time that she started metformin. Many describe appetite loss as a “side effect” of metformin. It is not a side effect. It is a beneficial effect. She did not have nausea or diarrhea. She only lost her appetite. She had an unusually strong effect that is often found in patients on metformin. Most patients with type 2 diabetes have strong appetites. Metformin blunts the appetite to some degree in many people.
Metformin Produces Weight Loss
Metformin Produces Weight Loss
Metformin Produces Weight Loss
You have all been around people who “eat like a bird”. These same people eat a saucer-full of food and say “ I just can’t eat another thing. In my meeting with nurse coaches this week, they told me about a woman with diabetes who had lost 30 pounds in a matter of months. She lost her appetite at exactly the time that she started metformin. Many describe appetite loss as a “side effect” of metformin. It is not a side effect. It is a beneficial effect. She did not have nausea or diarrhea. She only lost her appetite. She had an unusually strong effect that is often found in patients on metformin. Most patients with type 2 diabetes have strong appetites. Metformin blunts the appetite to some degree in many people.