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How important is it too eat on time?

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~Molly~

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For example, if one day you have breakfast at 9.00 am and the next at 10.30 am, the next at 9.45am etc... How important is it to eat on time? Do you think an hour or so either side will make too much of a difference when trying to control type 2 diabetes?

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Molly
 
I really don't understand why it makes a difference but I find it does. If I have breakfast an hour earlier than usual then I find I go too low an hour before lunch so either I have lunch at 12 pm rather than 1 pm even or to have something which then means delaying lunch. The only way you would know would be to test.
 
It makes no difference to me, but It probably does depend on your medicine.
 
I only take Metformin 500 mg after breakfast, and one after dinner. I have a bowl of cheerios as I was advised to eat a bulky cereal for breakfast by the hospital consultant, which works, but even taking Metformin this puts my bg up to 11 mmol/l after an hour so not taking a tablet is not the answer. This morning I had breakfast early because of going to the market. I only had a short walk round. I went home and knowing that my bg goes lower when I eat breakfast early I tested before I took my dog out for a walk. It was 4.4. The practice nurse does not believe I go too low and says I don't need test strips because Metformin does not lower blood glucose enough. Usually I have breakfast later, take the dog for a walk, and do bits and peices and then have lunch at 1pm and I am OK with that. I know when I had my fasting blood test last time I didn't have breakfast of course so didn't take a tablet until I came home. The surgery was very busy and so the appointment was not until 11 am. I am fortunate to only live 5 mins walk from my surgery. Anyway the fasting blood test was 4.4. I am a thin type because I lost about 3 stone in weight before being dx so think this may be why my bg is a bit on the volatile side.
 
i often wondered what time to eat your breakfast when you work shifts.sometimes i have to start work at 4.30 am and i really dont feel hungry at that time so i hold off until at least 6.30. in my job we have a roster of 42 weeks and the starting times vary from 4.30 am to 4.30 pm and this makes it impossible to get a routine but you have to muddle on
 
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