breakfast high

[lo123]

this morning before breakfast my blood was 6.5. so for breakfast i had one slice of toast with low fat spread and one low fat yoghurt. 2 hours later my blood is 14.5!!!! I took 4 units of insulin. If i ate the toast and yoghurt during the day my blood would be fine but nearly always its high after breakfast. Does anyone know why? its really frustrating. I usually eat wholemeal brwon bread for breakfast but i had none this morning so i ate the toast. Im after taking extra insulin to bring the high dwon now but later it will probably go low on me - vicious cycle

 

[Northerner]

Hi lo123, sometimes people experience different levels of insulin resistance at different times of the day. I too experience increased resistance in the morning and have to take 2.5 times more insulin to cover breakfast carbs as I do at lunch! As you say, you might come back into range without a correction dose - I'd tend to leave it myself, rather than risk a hypo and then have to treat it. Was it white bread toast? White bread spikes faster than sugar, or so I've been told!😱

 

[insulinaddict09]

this morning before breakfast my blood was 6.5. so for breakfast i had one slice of toast with low fat spread and one low fat yoghurt. 2 hours later my blood is 14.5!!!! I took 4 units of insulin. If i ate the toast and yoghurt during the day my blood would be fine but nearly always its high after breakfast. Does anyone know why? its really frustrating. I usually eat wholemeal brwon bread for breakfast but i had none this morning so i ate the toast. Im after taking extra insulin to bring the high dwon now but later it will probably go low on me - vicious cycle

Some people have mentioned that their ratio in the morning is slightly more due to being more Insulin resistant . Was it white bread that you had then? >> if so white bread is not slow release and will peak your glucose levels rather than a gradual release from brown bread .

 

[lo123]

yeah it was white bread. But i said id only have one slice it would be ok - big no no. blood coming back to normal now. and in the evening i could have 2 slices of it and my blood would be fine. So yeah i guess in the mornings stay away from the white bread even though its nice

 

[insulinaddict09]

yeah it was white bread. But i said id only have one slice it would be ok - big no no. blood coming back to normal now. and in the evening i could have 2 slices of it and my blood would be fine. So yeah i guess in the mornings stay away from the white bread even though its nice

You are probably ok with two slices later in the day as you have more residual Insulin in your system later in the day than first thing in the morning . Also you are doing more and probably peak and then start to drop and dont even realise you've been that high

 

[shootuporputup]

My post-breakfast levels are a nightmare to keep in check. I usually put in double the amount of humalog in the morning than I put in in the evening. I also shove it in about 15/20 minutes before I tuck into my cereal.

But even doing that I tend to have a high post-breakfast peak which then comes crashing down again before lunch.