I found the question and answer about this subject in the woman's magazine First. I was excited after reading it because if it works, I will try it.

Q. During my physical, the doctor told me that I had prediabetes and might need to take medication. She also explained that this condition is the reason it's been so hard for me to keep my weight down the last few years. How can I drop about 40 pounds and get my blood sugar under control so I don't end up having to go on medication?

A. Here's great news for you: Chromium, a nutrient proven to stabilize blood sugar levels and speed weight loss, is even more effective when paired with the B-vitamin Biotin, according to a study in the journal Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics. This dynamic duo lowers blood sugar by 35 percent in three months, which is faster than relying on chromium alone. Chromium and biotin together improve cells' ability to utilize glucose. This prevents excess glucose from triggering cravings and belly-fat storage. The beneficial dose is 600 mcg of chromium and 2 mg of biotin once daily. The studied brand: Diachrome ($25 for a two-month supply, at drugstores).

Here are some links with information I also found on this subject.

http://www.newstarget.com/007223.html (the only date I found on this article was in the text and talked about the decision pushed back to June 17)
http://www.diachrome.com
http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/r...gredients.html

There were more links - just Google Diachrome. Thoughts and comments please.

I had prediabetes's and fully reversed it by sensible diet & some exercise, its really simple, just stay right away from high sugary carbs, look for low GI foods, if you like your bread only go for very high fibre bread, breakfast cereals like bran, porridge etc, the higher the fibre the better.

Main meals, fish, red meat, chicken [without any fat of course] with vegetables or salads are all fine, soft drinks, sweets, , anything containing high sugar content has to go out the door.

If you can do some exercise for about 20 minutes a day for 3 or 4 times a week ,it will defiantly help, i use to go to my local pool and just walk up and down the lanes when they are not busy, lots of people do it for all kinds of med problems, the best part is that its good cardio exercise and non weight bearing but its best to get to the pool real early before to many people come, i must get back in the routine myself , the weight should just drop off you, it really doesn't take all that long at all and you will start to feel the benefits nearly straight away, well it did for me anyway, i knew about those supplements, but its real easy to do it naturally.
good luck
Brian

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto.

Good eating habits, go for walks (if possible), then the weight (as long as you don't have thyroid problems), well the weight will start to come off.

The bad thing about diabetic meds are that they hinder weight loss. The only one that is not supposed to hinder is metformin. But it didn't do a thing for me, except keep me in the bathroom all morning long. Thankfully I stopped that.

I once asked the people at Cornell, "please explain to me, why diabetic meds, including insulin, make it hard to lose weight". They finally admitted that when you give yourself an insulin shot, it goes into the fat of your body and is stored there.

Also meds like Avandia, Actos, etc. make it harder to lose weight.

So when a person is overweight, and is type 2 diabetic and they give you stuff for your diabetes, then they tell you to lose weight, well, it's kind of like an oxymoron. You want to do it but the meds hinder you.

They told me at the ACCORD PROGRAM "melody, as you continue to lose weight, you will need less of the LANTUS, and therefore, you will lose weight more rapidly" I stuck to my low-carb, low fat diet, I walk every day, I am down to 30 units of the Lantus (down from 46) when I first started over 2 years ago. And the weight is coming off.

So the less diabetic meds you can take, the better for your weight loss.

This, however does not apply to skinny Type 1 diabetics.

Oh, and those glucerna and Choice drinks and meals??? I asked the people at Cornell if they are good for me, and they were clucking and clucking and finally they said "melody, to be honest, these drinks are for skinny Type 1 diabetics". "Oh, you can use it as a meal replacement, yes you can do that, but you can't use it as a snack". Then they went on to explain that people with Type 1 lose weight so that's why the glucerna stuff was invented.

Very hard to understand the different types of diabetes.

Not as much as I would like,but enough to feel better. I am about 8 kilos off my mark. That doesn't seem like much but it's hard to loose. I lost weight quicker when I was grilling everything I was eating.

Mum is also on a cleanse diet for her cholesterol. She has had her thyroid gland removed,and has to take a pill everyday for that. But her diet is to bring down cholesterol. So I am following the same routine.

Every morning- 1 cup lukewarm water. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into it. Drink it,and also have 1 /1200mg lechitin capsule. This routine is suppose to assist in detoxification of liver and blood,which then should help with weightloss if you are doing the exercise and sensible diet bit.

At night, 1 more capsule of lechitin,and a cup of green tea after dinner.

I am on day 4 today.

People have reported symptoms such as rash from lemon use,which is most likely toxins trying to break free. I have no rash, but I have increased sensitivity in left part of colon.

Will report more when I notice some results.

I was wondering if anyone has tried this combination and had any luck? I am prediabetic, walk every day, try (most times) to watch what I eat, and I do take metformin.

I am hoping to find more thoughts on this - Wing42, MrsD (when you return or read this), Rose, and anyone else. Thanks much!