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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 1796620" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>Good on you for being inquisitive !</p><p>As I understand it our body prepares for waking and the start of day by the adrenal glands releasing some cortisol, our stress or coping hormone, at about 4 am each day. Cortisol increases insulin resistance and hence blood sugars can rise a bit then. With diabetes I know my blood sugar rises at around 4 am because I have checked it at that time and to compensate my insulin pump puts in a higher dose of insulin around the 3 am to 6 am mark. Why protein etc taken at suppertime might ease the 4 am rise in BSL I have no idea.</p><p>As has been said as your diabetes improves with treatment like losing weight one would expect the blood sugars throughout the 24 hours to improve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 1796620, member: 468714"] Good on you for being inquisitive ! As I understand it our body prepares for waking and the start of day by the adrenal glands releasing some cortisol, our stress or coping hormone, at about 4 am each day. Cortisol increases insulin resistance and hence blood sugars can rise a bit then. With diabetes I know my blood sugar rises at around 4 am because I have checked it at that time and to compensate my insulin pump puts in a higher dose of insulin around the 3 am to 6 am mark. Why protein etc taken at suppertime might ease the 4 am rise in BSL I have no idea. As has been said as your diabetes improves with treatment like losing weight one would expect the blood sugars throughout the 24 hours to improve. [/QUOTE]
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