# Supplements

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-medicine-drugs/supplements-scams/96.md

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## [About the Supplements category](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-supplements-category/571)

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**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Replies:** 0

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Scam or true research? What you know and found about supplements and diabetes.

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## [Supplements for exercise and general](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/supplements-for-exercise-and-general/8888)

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**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Replies:** 59\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/supplements-for-exercise-and-general/8888 "2025-03-24T16:57:24Z")

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Sorry, long post, a buncha stuff here… I know that ideally we would get all the nutrition we need from the food we eat. We would get it all from good wholesome freshly prepared and perfectly-balanced meals. But the rea…

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## [Nuretin (DHA and EPA softgel supplements for possibly (?) lowering risk of retinopathy)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/nuretin-dha-and-epa-softgel-supplements-for-possibly-lowering-risk-of-retinopathy/7660)

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**Author:** [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/nuretin-dha-and-epa-softgel-supplements-for-possibly-lowering-risk-of-retinopathy/7660 "2020-05-03T23:45:58Z")

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At my most recent appointment with my ophthalmologist, she recommended I start taking Nuretin for lowering my risk of developing retinopathy. I didn’t see any FUD threads on it, so I figured I’d start one. As she’d exp…

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## [Retrospective research with junk science headlines: coffee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/retrospective-research-with-junk-science-headlines-coffee/2063)

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**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/retrospective-research-with-junk-science-headlines-coffee/2063 "2017-09-22T19:51:45Z")

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“Can Coffee or Tea Extend Survival With Diabetes?” I hate clickbait, and junk science. This horrendous title makes the underlying study look like both! We were just engaged in an interesting debate of retrospective vs …

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## [Vitamin supplements : yes or no, what do you take?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vitamin-supplements-yes-or-no-what-do-you-take/1456)

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**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vitamin-supplements-yes-or-no-what-do-you-take/1456 "2017-07-22T20:47:25Z")

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i have been taking probiotices for years now. recently, my endo as well as my PCP recommended that i take vitamin D. well when i started adding the d, i figured why not take C and B complex. i know that the probiotic he…

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## [Nutmeg and "Dr" Mercola](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/nutmeg-and-dr-mercola/573)

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**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/nutmeg-and-dr-mercola/573 "2017-04-21T21:25:30Z")

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I see so many "miracle" drugs offered to "cure" or "treat" diabetes that I don't even get angry about it -- although I find those who "offer" those drugs for consideration totally despicable for the deaths that result fr…