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I am underweight and do not need to lose weight. i have been on-off taking metformin but don't know what type of diet i can be on. ?
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Unanswerable: Please re-ask your question and include the reason for taking metformin. It makes absolutely no sense that you are on this medication unnecessarily.
Answered 10/28/2013
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