>I am trying to naturally reduce A1C level and decrease Metformin. I think losing weigh, exercise and changing what I eat will get me below 6.0 so I can stop Metformin.
Give keto a try:
https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/keto_in_a_nutshell
https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq
I see threads like this all the time for keto:
“Keto success story! Diabetic A1C dropped from 13 to 5.9 after five months of keto. “
https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/comments/6oor0l/keto_success_story_diabetic_a1c_dropped_from_13/
I can echo support for the Ketogenic diet. I was pre-diabetic (6.2 A1C) and had cholesterol issues. >200 total cholesterol and LDL over 100. I went on a vegetarian ketogenic (a.k.a. low carb) diet.
A1C is now 5.0. My cholesterol is 140 and LDL is less than 70. It took three months to reverse. I also walk 10k - 15k steps per day. If you have an iPhone, you have a pedometer in the Health app.