Metformin was originally extracted from French lilacs and has been used as a medication to lower blood glucose for almost 60 years. Over time, metformin has been successfully synthesized in a laboratory and is now commonly used to lower blood glucose for people living with type 2 diabetes. Favored for its lack of hypoglycemic side effects, metformin is widely recommended as a safe, cost-effective first-line treatment for many conditions, including prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and gestational diabetes. - Cyrus Khambatta, PhD But here's the catch. How well do doctors understand the side effects and consequences of these side effects? Not much. For more about the dark side of metformin, why doctors keep prescribing them, and what really works to REVERSE diabetes — Here's Cyrus. 00:00 - Intro 1:22 - Metformin by the numbers 2:58 - How does metformin work? 5:55 - Why you're getting the prescription 8:32 - Metformin side effects 14:47 - What doctors don't know 17:55 - How to reverse diabetes 21:50 - Final word on metformin 

 Sources:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28606... Watch and Enjoy! Cyrus & Robby