Confusing Numbers

[nipthelicker]

I never was much of a water drinker, but it isn't so bad after all🙂 I guess it flushes out the kidneys.

 

[nipthelicker]

A question-
How or why should my BG be so high after sleep and just before breakfast ?

 

[Robin]

A question-
How or why should my BG be so high after sleep and just before breakfast ?

This is a common problem, usually referred to as the Dawn Phenomenon,( or 'Feet hit the floor' problem, if it doesn’t happen til you get up). The liver trickles out glucose 24hours a day, to keep your brain and other vital organs going. Round about 4am, the liver thinks, ah, I need to trickle out a bit more glucose to gear up the body for the coming day. In a non-diabetic person, this extra glucose is mopped up by insulin, and enters the muscles ready for work. In people with diabetes who are either insulin resistant or insulin deficient, it floats around in the blood with nowhere to go.

 

[rebrascora]

....Or it could be that your carbs have stacked up during the previous day's meals and you are high all night. But if you go to bed on a reasonable reading and your fasting reading in the morning is high then it is most likely Dawn Phenomenon

 

[Martin Canty]

How or why should my BG be so high after sleep and just before breakfast ?

In preparation for the new day, just before waking, the liver dumps glucose into the blood stream, this is the Dawn Phenomenon. As I understand, it's the bodies way of giving you a boost of energy until you eat.

As your insulin resistance improves this fasting BG should lower.

 

[nipthelicker]

Wow that makes sense now-
'The liver trickles out glucose 24hours a day, to keep your brain and other vital organs going. Round about 4am, the liver thinks, ah, I need to trickle out a bit more glucose to gear up the body for the coming day. In a non-diabetic person, this extra glucose is mopped up by insulin, and enters the muscles ready for work. In people with diabetes who are either insulin resistant or insulin deficient, it floats around in the blood with nowhere to go.'

Thank you so much🙂
I'm learning lots from this site🙂

 

[Drummer]

Using my meter to see how various things affected me, I discovered that a breakfast of protein and fat plus a few carbs would stop the wanting to be helpful liver throwing out more glucose all morning - without the carbs it just went on, and on.

 

[rebrascora]

Using my meter to see how various things affected me, I discovered that a breakfast of protein and fat plus a few carbs would stop the wanting to be helpful liver throwing out more glucose all morning - without the carbs it just went on, and on.

I too have found this..... I am now eating a few more carbs and surprisingly, using less insulin