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Type 2, Blood Sugar Anomoly

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Aamena1980

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hi there,

I have a couple of questions re my sugar a levels. I have been really good since being diagnosed in April and have slowly been getting my daily blood glucose levels down. I have another check up at the docs where they will check my HBA1C, where I am hoping that it will have reduced even more.

However, I find that no matter what I do, my morning fasting blood glucose levels are always over 7mmol, they are usually something between 7.2-8-2, on occasion they have been in the early 9s, have been keeping a food diary and recording what I eat and I have noticed that it's very random, and nothing specifically that I have eaten the before raises it. Often the sugar levels in the morning are higher than the levels 2hrs post dinner. I have read about the dawn phenomenon, but don't really understand what I can do to stop this.

Also today, I don't have a clue what has happened but after lunch my sugar levels were high...(I had sago for lunch, which I thought was classed as low carb, but maybe I am wrong in that thought) I slept for an hour or so in the afternoon, got up and when I checked my sugar 3 hrs after lunch, my sugars were 8.5. Then I checked before dinner and they had GONE UP to 9.3, which didn't make any sense as I had not eaten anything at all between lunch and dinner? I have just checked my BG for post dinner it is: 6.2. ( I had chicken sheesh kebabs, salad and cauliflower rice for dinner). Any ideas or advice will be helpful. Thanks in advance.
 
Good morning,
I am experiencing the same thing esp. Fasting morning bg.
I have read about dawn phenomenon.
Any idea how I can improve it?

Thanks for your feedback and advice.


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There have been many threads about dawn phenomenon.
Posters have tried all kinds of things to lower their fasting blood glucose levels.
Some have worked, most haven't! It does drive you nuts!

My advice is to ignore it and concentrate on your blood glucose levels before and after meals. These give you more of an idea how your body is coping with foods.

Most doctors now look at your Hba1c levels rather than fasting bloods.
You will get more knowledge from your readings than doing your waking fasting bloods.
Hope this helps.
 
@Aamena1980

100 grams of dry sago typically comprises 94 grams of carbohydrate so I would avoid it if I where you. It could well be what sent your BG levels a little haywire.

There is very little you can do to stop the dawn phenomenon as the liver will automatically dump glucose into your system to prepare you for the day. Though some people have found that a small snack at bed time helps ward it off.

FBG's are notoriously difficult to bring down and are normally the last thing to come under control you really just have to be patient and once you have achieved good control generally they should start to come down in time.
 
nosher8355 said:
There have been many threads about dawn phenomenon.
Posters have tried all kinds of things to lower their fasting blood glucose levels.
Some have worked, most haven't! It does drive you nuts!

My advice is to ignore it and concentrate on your blood glucose levels before and after meals. These give you more of an idea how your body is coping with foods.

Most doctors now look at your Hba1c levels rather than fasting bloods.
You will get more knowledge from your readings than doing your waking fasting bloods.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for your advice, that def helps.
 
JohnEGreen said:
@Aamena1980

100 grams of dry sago typically comprises 94 grams of carbohydrate so I would avoid it if I where you. It could well be what sent your BG levels a little haywire.

There is very little you can do to stop the dawn phenomenon as the liver will automatically dump glucose into your system to prepare you for the day. Though some people have found that a small snack at bed time helps ward it off.

FBG's are notoriously difficult to bring down and are normally the last thing to come under control you really just have to be patient and once you have achieved good control generally they should start to come down in time.
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@JohnEGreen ... Thanks for your advice, I had no idea that sago was so high on carbs... I will def avoid going forward. I have tried eating an apple with almond butter in sometimes or cheese, but even that has really helped in the morning, I guess I will have to wait for the overall to stabilise and take it from there like you suggest. Thanks again for the advice.
 
took about 6 months of LCHF for my fasting bloods to come down a lot.. don't give up it will work but takes a little while..
 
I am in a similar position with the "dawn" phenomenon, but when I spoke to my GP he denied any knowledge of it. Ok...so the G in GP is for general!
It is frustrating, that no matter how hard I try to be good, the morning BG is always around 8'ish mMol. Today I have been up around 10, yet have had very little in the way of carbs (or other food groups). I wonder if I am not taking on board enough carbs at the moment and therefore my liver wants to dump more glucose into the blood stream?
Sticking with the LCHF diet, in the hope that things eventually settle down. It will take a while for the body to get used to what is a big change in diet, and really for the better
The real down side of my high BG is I have a real short fuse, which is so unlike the pre-Type 2 me.

The advice from the wise on this forum is stick with the changes; try not to focus on one individual reading (unless hyper or hypo, in which case take action!). The important thing is the BG trend should generally be heading into sensible territory and then stabilise.
 
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