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[brownie51]

because i havent seen a dietician yet,have loads of questions,been testing myself,had breakfast two weetabix and coffee,just tested after two hrs blood sugar 3.9 !!,felt a bit shaky had some glucose tablets,then a sandwich straightaway,thats the lowest its gone,should i be eating more breakfast,but that will make my sugars go higher,very confused by it all

 

[Northerner]

because i havent seen a dietician yet,have loads of questions,been testing myself,had breakfast two weetabix and coffee,just tested after two hrs blood sugar 3.9 !!,felt a bit shaky had some glucose tablets,then a sandwich straightaway,thats the lowest its gone,should i be eating more breakfast,but that will make my sugars go higher,very confused by it all

Hi brownie51, don't worry - although 3.9 is quite low, it is not dangerously so, but you probably felt the way you did because your body has been used to higher levels in the recent past so it 'thinks' you might be too low. It's known as a 'false hypo' and is quite common. As you become more accustomed to lower levels generally then you will no longer get these symptoms. Usually something like a small biscuit is enough to convince your brain that you are fine, by raising your levels a little. 🙂

It's possible that the low was partly due to an over-production of insulin in reaction to the weetabix, which would hit my levels very quickly. I'd try something different, e.g. scrambled eggs for breakfast and monitor how things go. If you want to try Weetabix again I'd suggest testing after 1 hour and 2 hours to see if levels are spiking up after an hour, then quickly coming back down 🙂

It is confusing, but you will learn to recognise patterns in what is happening before long! 🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

I once tested a Mars Bar. After a high 1 hour peak (9.5), it plummeted after 3 hours down to 4.0. Highly processed carbs can do this. White bread is another example.

 

[Drummer]

Weetabix are the worst sort of breakfast food - high in carbs at a time when you can't deal with them very well.
Try something with more protein and fat to set you up for the day.
If I eat a first meal with just a few carbs that seems to stop the abrupt crashes in blood glucose levels I had a little while ago.
I have omelettes quite often, with a sweet pepper, mushrooms or a tomato, and add in some chopped up seeds for the fibre, and various spices to pep things up a bit.