I mean honestly my doc always hit me up about sugar and more importantly white carbs. I didn't do much about it as he was always talking A1C. I have rarely had any health problems, so never looked into anything much. One day he started saying diabetes instead of A1C and I shit my pants. Cut...
I was put on metformin 6 months back. Lost about 20lbs lightened up on the carbs and sugar and was back under the guidelines last time. Still on it though. Never had any numbness but vision would get blurry when I would scarf down a pizza.