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<blockquote data-quote="viviennem" data-source="post: 338085" data-attributes="member: 31282"><p>It's called the "Dawn Phenomenon", and everybody gets it. It means your liver knows you are about to wake up and pumps a bit more glucose into your blood to get you going. In anyone who isn't diabetic, the pancreas releases insulin, the glucose is packed away into the muscles to be used as energy, and the blood glucose levels drop.</p><p></p><p>In us Type 2s, our pancreas may not be producing enough insulin, or we may be very insulin resistant, so that the insulin cannot get the glucose into the muscle cells no matter how hard it tries :shock: . So our blood glucose reading goes up.</p><p></p><p>As you learn more about what you can and can't eat, and control your carbohydrate intake, so your morning fasting readings will improve. Don't worry about it too much.</p><p></p><p>Some people don't do a morning fasting reading any more, prefering instead to do a reading before the main meal, and 2 hours after. If you end up approximately where you started, you're getting it right.</p><p></p><p>The recommended BG readings for a Type 2, in this country, are:</p><p></p><p>4 - 7 mmol/l before meals;</p><p>less than 8.5, 2 hours after.</p><p></p><p>Some of us prefer to work to less than 7.8, 2 hours after. Others among us try to stick to non-diabetic recommended levels, which are:</p><p></p><p>3.5 - 5.5 before meals;</p><p>less than 8, 2 hours after.</p><p></p><p>But that takes some practice :wink: .</p><p></p><p>Make sure you enjoy your Christmas - just remember, everything in moderation! Mince pies are the worst things for me, so I don't eat them. But I am working my way through a very special box of chocolates - one at a time :lol: </p><p></p><p>Viv 8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="viviennem, post: 338085, member: 31282"] It's called the "Dawn Phenomenon", and everybody gets it. It means your liver knows you are about to wake up and pumps a bit more glucose into your blood to get you going. In anyone who isn't diabetic, the pancreas releases insulin, the glucose is packed away into the muscles to be used as energy, and the blood glucose levels drop. In us Type 2s, our pancreas may not be producing enough insulin, or we may be very insulin resistant, so that the insulin cannot get the glucose into the muscle cells no matter how hard it tries :shock: . So our blood glucose reading goes up. As you learn more about what you can and can't eat, and control your carbohydrate intake, so your morning fasting readings will improve. Don't worry about it too much. Some people don't do a morning fasting reading any more, prefering instead to do a reading before the main meal, and 2 hours after. If you end up approximately where you started, you're getting it right. The recommended BG readings for a Type 2, in this country, are: 4 - 7 mmol/l before meals; less than 8.5, 2 hours after. Some of us prefer to work to less than 7.8, 2 hours after. Others among us try to stick to non-diabetic recommended levels, which are: 3.5 - 5.5 before meals; less than 8, 2 hours after. But that takes some practice :wink: . Make sure you enjoy your Christmas - just remember, everything in moderation! Mince pies are the worst things for me, so I don't eat them. But I am working my way through a very special box of chocolates - one at a time :lol: Viv 8) [/QUOTE]
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