@mchang1 well I understand about the metformin and that's exactly why I'm trying a lower morning dose.

I cut up strawberries, nuke them gently then mix them into the oatmeal along with other magic ingredients, would they still have sharp edges like that? I tried a fisetin supplement early on, they're a little hard to get but there are several out there, and didn't feel that was the same. Actually I'm probably due to try another one. Fisetin is in many/most fruit but in smaller amounts.

Actually, have you tried oatmeal? Organic only of course. Oatmeal seems to be a natural source of resistant starch, oatmeal was considered a "treatment" for diabetes all by itself, back in olden days.

Have you tried cinnamon, and does that work on your diet? It also seems helpful and I recommend it to all. I throw some into the oatmeal, also sprinkle it on a cut-up apple, usually after dinner.

What else? Well, licorice. In small amounts and not too often, but teas that have licorice are common (Trader Joes has a ginger-turmeric tea that also has licorice, same available from others in most supermarkets), just a cup of that two or three times a week seems to claw back a few points pretty reliably!

I think your cutting snacks may help in itself, gives your body more time to turn glucose processing off for a couple of hours.