Thank you, Janet. I will check out the new links.

As an experiment I tried a few days of eating more protein with very little carb, fat coming from the amount in 3-4 eggs per day only. I lost about a pound but I felt overheated so I stopped. Similar feeling to the hot flashes I used to get due to menopause. I am only a few pounds overweight but the excess belly fat and a bit on my legs bothers me. There is a strong history of diabetes on both sides of my family, all my siblings are already on metformin. I was on metformin but was able to come off of it. I now recently started berberine as I heard it can help regulate blood sugar.