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How can I get my fasting blood sugar levels to come down?
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<blockquote data-quote="Goonergal" data-source="post: 2306543" data-attributes="member: 368709"><p>Looks like you were diagnosed fairly recently if the June HbA1c was your first. The fasting BG level is often the last one to come down and is affected by many variables somI wouldn’t give up hope just yet.</p><p></p><p>In my own case it was at least 6 months before FBG was consistently in a similar range to my daily pre and post meal readings. As well as dawn phenomenon it is also affected by sleep (or lack of), stress and so on.</p><p></p><p>Personally I no longer focus on FBG as for me of I consistently keep my overall numbers where I want them, then the FBG follows. However there are a few things you could try which might help with fasting numbers:</p><p></p><p>- Have your final meal of the day as early as possible.</p><p>- Eat within a narrow ‘window’ - whether that’s 3 small meals, fewer larger meals, extending the period in which you’re not eating will help bring levels down overall.</p><p>- Experimenting with when you eat the meal with most carbs to see whether your body copes better with them at say lunch, rather than dinner.</p><p></p><p>One thing I would add is whatever you experiment or test with, do it over a period and be consistent. There are so many variables you need to understand which are having what impact. For example, if you always eat dinner at x o’clock and move it to y o’clock, don’t then drastically change what you eat at the same time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonergal, post: 2306543, member: 368709"] Looks like you were diagnosed fairly recently if the June HbA1c was your first. The fasting BG level is often the last one to come down and is affected by many variables somI wouldn’t give up hope just yet. In my own case it was at least 6 months before FBG was consistently in a similar range to my daily pre and post meal readings. As well as dawn phenomenon it is also affected by sleep (or lack of), stress and so on. Personally I no longer focus on FBG as for me of I consistently keep my overall numbers where I want them, then the FBG follows. However there are a few things you could try which might help with fasting numbers: - Have your final meal of the day as early as possible. - Eat within a narrow ‘window’ - whether that’s 3 small meals, fewer larger meals, extending the period in which you’re not eating will help bring levels down overall. - Experimenting with when you eat the meal with most carbs to see whether your body copes better with them at say lunch, rather than dinner. One thing I would add is whatever you experiment or test with, do it over a period and be consistent. There are so many variables you need to understand which are having what impact. For example, if you always eat dinner at x o’clock and move it to y o’clock, don’t then drastically change what you eat at the same time. [/QUOTE]
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