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Type 2 Blood sugars going up

Ann1982

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Type of diabetes
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Insulin
Hi
Looking for some help or answers. 2 hours after breakfast this morning my BS was 6.4. Just before lunch it had shot up to 8. I had not eaten anything and all I had to drink was a cup of fruit tea. Any suggestions as to why this happened.
I have started the LCHF diet and have lost 7lbs in the first week.
 
Yes I had breakfast very small glass of tomato juice (to get the pills down) cup of coffee with small amount of milk and a very small amount of cereal total carbs was 4. I am also suffering from DP.
 
So its likely the cereal and tomato juice were the problem......and of course as you mentioned the DP, being more resistant in the morning....

what was the cereal out of curiosity...?

a lot of type 2s cant tolerate cereal at all you see...
 
It was special flakes but I have had them before with no problem.
 
The carbs are basically 25 grams per serving and not likely to be slow release. I gave up on packaged cereal as I could not find 1 that fitted the low carb scenario. An alternative you might consider is Greek full fat yogurt (2-3 tablespoons), cinnamon, nuts (pecan, Brazil, macadamia, hazelnut) and berries (straw, rasp, black, blue) and red or black currants.
 
It must have been the cereal then. I will go back to the yoghurt and berries thanks for all the help
 
Ann1982 said:
It must have been the cereal then. I will go back to the yoghurt and berries thanks for all the help
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It can't have been the cereal. At 2 hours after you were 6.4. I am assuming your lunch was at least a further 2 hours down the line when you hit 8.
I suggest it may have been the fruit tea.
 


I have a kind of late morning dawn phenomenon when my bs rises from about 8 am to 12.00 am, if I interrupt that with food then it looks like my body behaved normally so my blood sugars come down after two hours as expected, however that is if often then within the continuum of my late morning DP so it then rises again with no apparent reason just like yours - Might be worth checking what time you ate breakfast compared o the usual duration of your DP.
 
Breakfast is usually 6.30 and lunch around 12. I hope it was not the fruit tea. I went to bed last night and it was 6.4 and when I got up at 6.20 my BS was 7.3 usually it's higher in the morning
 
You could test out the fruit tea later in the day when any DP has diminished. See what happens.
 
It might be the tea. 5.2 before now 1.5 hours after a cup it's 6.3.
 
I found out teas with rose hips or hibiscus raise me far beyond what they should. Those are forms of vitamin c which raises me as well. Nonfree food or drink right ??

Curious if your teas contains those?
 
Hi Kirstin251, don't think the tea contains hibiscus or rose hips. Stupidly I have thrown the box out but won't drink any more till I can check. Thanks also bluetit1802 I need to recheck the labels.
 
Just checked. Rose hips and hibiscus in the teas but apparently there is no carbs and just 2 calories. My sugars have been fine today.
 
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