Breakfast

[Vidusi]

I have been using Insulin, Metformin and gliclazide for 14 months now, and I am puzzled. I get up( to meditate) about 7am do a test, usually around 5.2, I take one rich tea boring biscuit to take some of my medication with and then have breakfast 2 hrs later. I have the same thing every morning 2 weetabix with unsweetened soya milk, and a little powdered Splenda. How come the blood test 2 hours later can vary from say 7 to 15?

 

[urbanracer]

You're avatar states that you're T1. Your profle states that you're T2. Can you clarify which it is as it may affect any advice that you receive.

 

[Mike d]

Those weetabix (regardless of type) would affect the numbers

 

[jrussell88]

Depending what insulin you're taking it will act over a longer or shorter period, but even a rapid-acting insulin will probably have a peak effect around two hours, and still be working after five hours. After the different peaks, do you finish at the same level or different levels?

If after five to six hours, with no more food or insulin, your glucose levels are similar then it's a timing issue.

If the final levels are different, and activity is the same, you wake at the same time, injection sites are similar (insulin works more slowly injected into fat than muscle) then something else may be affecting your metabolism.

It doesn't appear to have been overnight since you're starting from the same blood glucose - unless you know different?

A sensitivity to the food you eat, for example wheat, or to an environmental factor could be driving it. It could also be a consequence of the night before; something in the morning may be tipping you over.

 

[Vidusi]

I am type 2 some confusion about postings on app v website and where to put what. I don't go 5 or 6 hours without food, lunch is usually 4.5 hours after breakfast . I usually get up at 7 to meditate and eat at about 9:30. I always inject in my stomach fat as told to. I did wonder if I have a wheat allergy but was tested about 10 years ago and was not then.