hey Folks, Hope we're all doing well
i am gonna shot straight to the point. So i am also struggling to stay awake during working hours and my glucose is also at 15. any advices?
Hi
@clomy Madit & welcome to the forum
15 is quite high, I know when I was undiagnosed and was running high without my knowing I could (and did) fall asleep standing up, it’s a common side effect of constant high B.G. I also get a tired feeling if I over indulge in carbs. Never really do it though as it makes me feel so yuck, Christmas is probably the only time.
I see by your profile your not on any hypo inducing medication like insulin or Gliclizide, Metformin won’t do much to lower your B.G. It doesn’t work like that, it works on your liver to stop it dumping more sugar into your blood stream.
What’s your diet like? Do you eat a lot of carbs? A lot of us T2 on the forum manage our BG with a low carb or even keto diet. It’s not just sugars you need to look at, all carbs turn to sugar. It may be you can bring your BG down significantly if you’ve room to adjust your carbs.
Let us know a typical days food for you and maybe members can share some tips for reducing your carbs.
I do a keto diet of 20g carb or less a day, you may not need to drop down that far, we are all different. So the things I don’t eat at all, potatoes, rice, pasta, ordinary bread (I buy low carb bread from the internet) any flour products like pastry, thickened sauces that use flour etc.
Now the good news
what I do eat, all meat with fat on, bacon, high meat sausages, eggs oily fish, good fats like avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil, some butter, some cream, cheese, mayonnaise, Greek yogourt, avocados, above ground veggies of all description, I make Cauli rice or Cauli mash, celeriac although a below ground veg is one of the exceptions and low in carbs & very versatile, mashed roasted, a good replacement for chips.
I do keto but I don’t eat loads of fat, but neither do I avoid it or eat anything that’s labelled low fat, those things usually have sugar added to replace the fat to make it palatable. I do limit my dairy a bit because I find it gives me weight gain.
If you scroll down my signature there’s a couple of links there that you may find useful
Once again welcome to the forum
Edited to correct auto correct