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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2759792" data-attributes="member: 25851">8.5 at 04.45 today.&nbsp; That&#039;s because my BG was pretty low before bed so I remedied that situation because I&#039;m depending on finger pricking at the moment so would get no warning of dropping too low.&nbsp; Perhaps over-remedied.I&#039;ve stopped using tea bags - something in them (not the tea) makes my BG go too high.&nbsp; Now I am using loose tea, which is a bit of a faff, but my BG stays where it is.&nbsp; Same with coffee (never tried coffee bags but coffee doesn&#039;t affect my BG).&nbsp; According to the nurse, I shouldn&#039;t be drinking anything with caffeine in it, so it should be decaf coffee and decaf tea.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t.&nbsp; I don&#039;t use decaf coffee and, at present, I can&#039;t get decaf loose tea.&nbsp; I looked online for it but it is very expensive buying it that way.Someone on the &quot;What have you eaten...&quot; forum said that tea bags actually contain a tiny amount of sugar.&nbsp; Not sure if that is the case with the bags I&#039;ve been buying but something in them seems to have an undeclared carb content.&nbsp; Maybe something in the manufacture of the paper.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2759792, member: 25851"] 8.5 at 04.45 today. That's because my BG was pretty low before bed so I remedied that situation because I'm depending on finger pricking at the moment so would get no warning of dropping too low. Perhaps over-remedied. I've stopped using tea bags - something in them (not the tea) makes my BG go too high. Now I am using loose tea, which is a bit of a faff, but my BG stays where it is. Same with coffee (never tried coffee bags but coffee doesn't affect my BG). According to the nurse, I shouldn't be drinking anything with caffeine in it, so it should be decaf coffee and decaf tea. It isn't. I don't use decaf coffee and, at present, I can't get decaf loose tea. I looked online for it but it is very expensive buying it that way. Someone on the "What have you eaten..." forum said that tea bags actually contain a tiny amount of sugar. Not sure if that is the case with the bags I've been buying but something in them seems to have an undeclared carb content. Maybe something in the manufacture of the paper. [/QUOTE]

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