I have had a couple of medical check-ups when my fasting Blood Sugar was measured in the morning and was in the high 6's low 7's. As my father died from diabetes, I decided to buy a machine to test my blood sugar at different times of the day. The thing I don't understand is that the reading is high in the morning but drops during the day. For instance, this morning when I got up it was 7.2 but just before my dinner it was 4.6 despite having eaten a light lunch and half a scone with my afternoon tea. This pattern seems to repeat every day with a 2 point drop between the morning and the early evening. Is this normal? I had assumed my blood sugar would be lowest first thing in the morning having fasted for 8 hours.
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Prediabetes High Blood Sugar in the Morning, low in the evening.
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Resurgam
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My insulin resistance is higher in the morning than the evenings, so I eat only a few carbs in the morning and the rest in the evening. It is not unusual.
In the morning a release of glucose by the liver raises levels.
In the morning a release of glucose by the liver raises levels.
So I guess you will say that in my case Fasting Glucose level is not a great way of knowing if I have a problem and I should have the proper Hba1c91 test?
xfieldok
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Correct. The morning numbers are the last to come down. Ignore for now, no matter how annoying they are, concentrate on your meals for now.
