Vlc Diet, Falling Glucose, Then Spike Up

Is the spike a short term (minutes/ a couple of hours) or is the BG raised for a longer period of time (half day/multiple days)?

I ask because there are many things which affect our BG not just what we eat.
If we get stressed, our BG rises.
If we do less exercise, our BG rises.
If we get ill, our BG rises.
Some drugs cause our BG to rise.
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I saw the same thing just doing low carb. After some weeks of steady readings I was suddenly getting erratic results - but after a couple of weeks more numbers began to go down much further than I'd seen before and dropped down to under 8 mmol/l all the time.
My thoughts are that it is a natural response to being released from the error of high carb, and as it was the start of weightloss - I'm pretty sure it must have started about then, it indicates a return to normality rather than anything sinister.

I don't think you will be able to get a definite answer, especially as it is likely that that medical markers such as bloods and lipids were not taken before and during for comparison. Whilst it might sound like a cop out not to offer an answer the technical data would probably provide an indication.

What I can offer is that although I followed low GI, LCHF / Keto, I can remember non-linear unexplainable variances - I think this is true of any protocol that is followed. Just take sleep or a mild cold or stress for example in the system, these all can a do effect blood sugars and weight. I would try and rope in my Doctor and get some tests just to ensure all is fine, then I would ensure what I did at the start I continue with.

Susan1 2 said:

Would love to know from a professional or para-professional, not able to find anything online about this.

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Hi, I am sure you are aware of this already, but none of us on the forum are able to speak in a professional capacity.

However, what we can often do is speak from very extensive personal experience. Many of us have been managing our own diabetes for a long time.

I would suggest that you have a Google for Dawn Phenomenon and have a read of threads on the forum about people who have done the 800 calorie diets (Newcastle and Michael Moseley’s 800 cal diet).

But after all that, the reality is that when we lower out blood glucose (and lose weight) by dietary means, it is our own unique bodies that dictate what happens. And things are often neither predictable, nor linear.
Wish they were! But they just aren’t.