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<blockquote data-quote="catinahat" data-source="post: 2480961" data-attributes="member: 155453"><p>Morning [USER=552213]@Juzzyjk[/USER] </p><p>There is not much we can do about our fasting levels, if you think about it your body has been desperately trying to get rid of the glucose in your blood. Because of the your T2, insulin is not working as it should it has been storing glucose any place it can, mainly your liver. Overnight you are not eating and adding to the glucose load so your body takes the opportunity to dump some stored glucose into your blood. Anytime you see a rise in levels when you haven't had any food it's your body using up its glucose stores.</p><p>The way to solve this issue is to concentrate on keeping your levels down through the day. Test before meals and again 2hrs later the difference in the 2 results will show you how your meal has affected your levels. Ideally the 2 readings would be around the same, and the amount of carbs in that meal was perfect for you. However things are quite often not ideal so most of us allow ourselves a 2mmol rise limit. In other words if the post meal level is more than 2mmol above the pre meal then there were too many carbs in that meal. By doing this eventually your levels will come down and the amount of glucose you have stored will also reduce. As you are taking gliclazide you will need to keep a close eye on your levels because it's possible that combined with low carb it could cause your levels to dip too low. If you keep a diary and note down your meals along with the glucose readings you will soon see what needs changing in your diet and will have some useful data to show your Dr if your meds need adjusting. I've a feeling that testing around meals will show that your 130g of carbs may need a rethink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catinahat, post: 2480961, member: 155453"] Morning [USER=552213]@Juzzyjk[/USER] There is not much we can do about our fasting levels, if you think about it your body has been desperately trying to get rid of the glucose in your blood. Because of the your T2, insulin is not working as it should it has been storing glucose any place it can, mainly your liver. Overnight you are not eating and adding to the glucose load so your body takes the opportunity to dump some stored glucose into your blood. Anytime you see a rise in levels when you haven't had any food it's your body using up its glucose stores. The way to solve this issue is to concentrate on keeping your levels down through the day. Test before meals and again 2hrs later the difference in the 2 results will show you how your meal has affected your levels. Ideally the 2 readings would be around the same, and the amount of carbs in that meal was perfect for you. However things are quite often not ideal so most of us allow ourselves a 2mmol rise limit. In other words if the post meal level is more than 2mmol above the pre meal then there were too many carbs in that meal. By doing this eventually your levels will come down and the amount of glucose you have stored will also reduce. As you are taking gliclazide you will need to keep a close eye on your levels because it's possible that combined with low carb it could cause your levels to dip too low. If you keep a diary and note down your meals along with the glucose readings you will soon see what needs changing in your diet and will have some useful data to show your Dr if your meds need adjusting. I've a feeling that testing around meals will show that your 130g of carbs may need a rethink. [/QUOTE]
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