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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris24Main" data-source="post: 2739239" data-attributes="member: 585131">Hi there [USER=565601]@Caz141[/USER] - thanks for taking the time to lay out the context in such detail - you're clearly putting a great effort into your health - and I feel the frustration. Hang in there...A couple of things that may put your mind at rest a little - Nobody suffers with the dawn phenomenon, it's just the liver doing what the liver does, getting you ready for the day. The only issue is that it "believes" you need more glucose to do that because as your blood glucose was climbing higher - your level of "normal" was also getting higher. It can be brought down again, but don't stress if it takes some time..Then, insulin is just the lever that your body uses to clear out the glucose. Similarly, your level (as all of us "classic T2") of insulin has crept higher as your body needs more and more to have the same effect (this is what insulin resistance is - or one way to describe it).All of it can be reversed by keeping your glucose and insulin levels low... but it isn't just about the food you eat, levels of stress and really anything that would affect your immune system can also haven an effect, so don't give up !! You talk about the amount of carbs in your meals, so I assume you are weighing them - can you describe what you are typically eating? there may be some general advice that we might be able to help with.</blockquote>

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