Not so far mine is embracing me with gusto lolHas anyone seen the dawn phenomenon go away or diminish with time? What is most effective at reducing it?
Ditto mine at the moment - but I have previously been able to do this via low carbing:Not so far mine is embracing me with gusto lol
If I have read this correctly, your average BG is about 5mmol/L which equates to an HbA1c of 28, so 43 seems a long way out.Ditto mine at the moment - but I have previously been able to do this via low carbing:
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As far as i'm concerned, if I'm burning fat steadily, my liver doesn't worry about dumping extra fuel to help me out. However, I'll generally see lower fasting levels if I've eaten and/or drunk something fatty for a late supper - so currently under 6 if I do and often well over if I don't. But I tend to leave my liver to do what it considers necessary. and as I have least control over it, I deal with my meal time levels, which are under my control. And I don't actually see dawn phenomenon levels having very much effect on either the regular averages given by my meter, or my overall HbA1c results.
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Libre sensor reads lower than meter and yes it put me fairy and squarely as non-diabetic. But again my HbA1c is always higher than my meter's glucose averages would have it.If I have read this correctly, your average BG is about 5mmol/L which equates to an HbA1c of 28, so 43 seems a long way out.
But again my HbA1c is always higher than my meter's glucose averages would have it.
Have Low/no carb breakfast as soon as possible, this halts Dawn phenomenom and brings BG down
Have you checked your 3 and 4 hour levels after a larger carb meal to see if you crash at all? I also find I go lower a few hours after carbs but when it was 4h after the GTT and I was 3.6 mmol and shaking slightly I figured it was a bit of reactive hypoglycaemia as well as the glucose intolerance. Haven't worked out though if being low carb prior to that test also contributed to that slight hypo.I have been able to keep my blood sugar in a range between 4.4 and 6.6 by limiting carbs to under 150 grams per day and no more than 60 in a meal (except breakfast where I can’t handle that much). The funny thing is that in the morning even if I eat few carbs (say 15 grams) at breakfast my blood sugar will rise to at least 5.9 but later in the day I can eat more carbs with less effect. Sometimes my blood sugar falls after eating a dinner with triple the carbs at breakfast.
I guess my liver insists on delivering sugar in the morning but takes a nap in the late afternoon/evening.
I have been able to keep my blood sugar in a range between 4.4 and 6.6 by limiting carbs to under 150 grams per day and no more than 60 in a meal (except breakfast where I can’t handle that much). The funny thing is that in the morning even if I eat few carbs (say 15 grams) at breakfast my blood sugar will rise to at least 5.9 but later in the day I can eat more carbs with less effect. Sometimes my blood sugar falls after eating a dinner with triple the carbs at breakfast.
I guess my liver insists on delivering sugar in the morning but takes a nap in the late afternoon/evening.