Metformin is an interesting drug. It has multiple effects and one of these is it encourages the growth of
Akkermansis Mucinphila. This bacteria is accociated with better blood sugar controle and a very slight
reduction in food intake. Using foods containing the soluble fiber inulinFOS lets this bacteria multiply
and reasults slightly less hunger and food intake. Metformin is famous for diarrhea and although inulinFOS
being a soluable fiber does have a slight laxative effect it is a fast effective treatment for this diarea caused
by metformin. One word of caution inulinFOS does cause flatulence especialy at first. Back to the glories
of inulinFOS I may have read one report that using it for 15% of the calories of some lab animals yielded a
15% life extension. I have type 2 diabetes and find using 10G of inulin FOS a day helps my morning blood
sugar a great deal but that gas issue is a problem. I know this is about metformin but I can't take it for some
reason it makes me gain weight. This side effect is so rare it's not mentioned in the articles about it but it
ocasionaly happens.