Really just not sure what the best option is for mornings and looking for suggestions. My morning glucose is usually between 6.0 and 6.8, and it seems it comes down to to how I sleep. Poor sleep (body feels "stressed") = higher FBG.
I should add, I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine, and while everything reports back "good", I almost always feel "stressed" in the mornings and not that well rested or relaxed. I am to understand this alone could be triggering some hormonal inbalance - including insulin, adrenaline etc.
Anyways, problem is, after I wake and if I eat almost anything, including most low carb options (even a single egg), my blood glucose rockets up quickly to 8.0+....sometimes as high as 10. Ex...adding some frothed skim milk (13g of carbs) will raise it to over 9.0+. I can get away with a small amount of cream in my coffee.
A little later in the day, my body is much more cooperative...seems to have figured it out and I am much less sensitive to carbs or my more sensitive to insulin (or however it works). Evenings, I can eat quite few carbs and have minimal reaction in BG.
So, in a situation like this with dawn phenomenon or whatever is happening...is the best solution just the simplest...just don't eat and wait it out to maintain the lowest possible levels?
Really open to any thoughts on this topic.
Grant
I should add, I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine, and while everything reports back "good", I almost always feel "stressed" in the mornings and not that well rested or relaxed. I am to understand this alone could be triggering some hormonal inbalance - including insulin, adrenaline etc.
Anyways, problem is, after I wake and if I eat almost anything, including most low carb options (even a single egg), my blood glucose rockets up quickly to 8.0+....sometimes as high as 10. Ex...adding some frothed skim milk (13g of carbs) will raise it to over 9.0+. I can get away with a small amount of cream in my coffee.
A little later in the day, my body is much more cooperative...seems to have figured it out and I am much less sensitive to carbs or my more sensitive to insulin (or however it works). Evenings, I can eat quite few carbs and have minimal reaction in BG.
So, in a situation like this with dawn phenomenon or whatever is happening...is the best solution just the simplest...just don't eat and wait it out to maintain the lowest possible levels?
Really open to any thoughts on this topic.
Grant
