After reading and speaking to some of you on here yesterday I realised I’m testing at completely the wrong times. I’m doing what you suggest and testing before and after meals. This mornings breakfast was a bit of a rush I had a handful of krave and an apple not good I know but I’d ran out of my usual cereal. When I woke up I was at 7.9 tested when I got to work so 45 mins later and was 13.6 an hour after that was 7 the 2 hours later 5.4. Is that ok? I was told by my dr that as long as the level doesn’t stay high my body is doing the right thing but reading what levels you guys are at mines to high
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How high is to high?
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Kaylz
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may I ask what your usual cereal is? I know many of the type 2's cant tolerate cereal at all, for testing food you should test before eating and then 2 hours after, although as you've found out that wouldn't show the full picture as people spike at different times depending what they have eaten etc xx
Robin
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That was. a good exercise,@bakebeans, you found out two valuable things.
Firstly, that your blood glucose is elevated in the mornings, probably because of the Dawn effect, but that eating breakfast stops it in its tracks and you revert to more normal levels from mid morning.
Secondly, that eating a very fast acting carbs meal sends your blood glucose shooting up, and you may want to try something less carby. (Although I'm type 1, same rules apply, too much fast acting carb and my levels shot through the roof because my insulin can’t keep up.)
I often eat an avocado, or scrambled egg (or you can cook a batch of egg muffins the night before and eat one a day for a few days, of your pushed for time in the mornings) or full fat greek yogurt with some berries and mixed seeds stirred in.
Firstly, that your blood glucose is elevated in the mornings, probably because of the Dawn effect, but that eating breakfast stops it in its tracks and you revert to more normal levels from mid morning.
Secondly, that eating a very fast acting carbs meal sends your blood glucose shooting up, and you may want to try something less carby. (Although I'm type 1, same rules apply, too much fast acting carb and my levels shot through the roof because my insulin can’t keep up.)
I often eat an avocado, or scrambled egg (or you can cook a batch of egg muffins the night before and eat one a day for a few days, of your pushed for time in the mornings) or full fat greek yogurt with some berries and mixed seeds stirred in.
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