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<blockquote data-quote="Nicole T" data-source="post: 2299857" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>Very confused, this morning.</p><p></p><p>I woke to a 6.5, which is fairly typical for me. Started feeling a little woozy around 11am, and thought I'd test in case my sugar was low. I got a 7.5 on my first test, which I didn't believe, so I thoroughly washed my hands and got a 7.2 on my second.</p><p></p><p>I skipped breakfast, snacked on 20g of pork crunch (supposedly very low carb, from the same recommended eBay supplier that says they fry their scratchings in lard rather than veg oil.) And I've had one mug of fairly potent (strong roast filter, made in a moka pot) coffee.</p><p></p><p>The coffee was about half an hour before testing, and a quick Google suggests that caffeine can raise your sugar significantly. I think the wooziness might actually be more of a caffeine buzz on an empty stomach. Yet I thought the advice was to skip breakfast and have a coffee instead, which is what I just did.</p><p></p><p>Please don't ask me to switch to decaff <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicole T, post: 2299857, member: 527609"] Very confused, this morning. I woke to a 6.5, which is fairly typical for me. Started feeling a little woozy around 11am, and thought I'd test in case my sugar was low. I got a 7.5 on my first test, which I didn't believe, so I thoroughly washed my hands and got a 7.2 on my second. I skipped breakfast, snacked on 20g of pork crunch (supposedly very low carb, from the same recommended eBay supplier that says they fry their scratchings in lard rather than veg oil.) And I've had one mug of fairly potent (strong roast filter, made in a moka pot) coffee. The coffee was about half an hour before testing, and a quick Google suggests that caffeine can raise your sugar significantly. I think the wooziness might actually be more of a caffeine buzz on an empty stomach. Yet I thought the advice was to skip breakfast and have a coffee instead, which is what I just did. Please don't ask me to switch to decaff :p [/QUOTE]
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