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I'm sticking to my diet and counting calories and stuff. I have breakfast when i get up.

Why does my blood sugar rise through the night? Im type 2 and doctor said i don't need insulin or do i need it?

I'm properly thinking too much of it.

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Hi Dan, throughout the day and night your liver trickles small amounts of glucose into your bloodstream. This is to provide you with energy at times when you are not eating, inorder to keep things like your heart, lungs and digestive system working (and your brain!). As you wake in the morning, it will often give you a 'boost' of glucose as you awake, in order to prepare you for the day, and this may be the reason why you are seeing a rise in levels over what you went to bed on - it's known as 'dawn phenomenon'. Usually, having something to eat will 'switch off' this extra glucose. Many people find having a protein based breakfast is best, something like scrambled eggs, as this will not raise your levels further. Do you test as soon as you get up, or a bit later e.g. before breakfast?

As you adapt to your new regime, hopefully your waking levels will improve and you shouldn't need insulin at this stage. What are your levels like through the day?
 
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Hi Dan, throughout the day and night your liver trickles small amounts of glucose into your bloodstream. This is to provide you with energy at times when you are not eating, inorder to keep things like your heart, lungs and digestive system working (and your brain!). As you wake in the morning, it will often give you a 'boost' of glucose as you awake, in order to prepare you for the day, and this may be the reason why you are seeing a rise in levels over what you went to bed on - it's known as 'dawn phenomenon'. Usually, having something to eat will 'switch off' this extra glucose. Many people find having a protein based breakfast is best, something like scrambled eggs, as this will not raise your levels further. Do you test as soon as you get up, or a bit later e.g. before breakfast?

As you adapt to your new regime, hopefully your waking levels will improve and you shouldn't need insulin at this stage. What are your levels like through the day?
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When i got up this morning it's ok 6.2. my levels after i eat breakfast is around 12 and then it comes down for lunch then it goes up to 12 again and same for dinner.

is that normal?
 
DanB92 said:
When i got up this morning it's ok 6.2. my levels after i eat breakfast is around 12 and then it comes down for lunch then it goes up to 12 again and same for dinner.

is that normal?
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It would depend on what you are eating, although there are other factors (e.g. stress) which can raise levels.
 
Breakfast I have bransflakes and some grapes and for lunch I have sandwich cornbeef and friut banana and some grapes and soup for dinner with couple of slices 2 of bread and some fruit nd sometimes instead of soup I have eggs and noodles. Is that healty for diabetes
 
DanB92 said:
Breakfast I have bransflakes and some grapes and for lunch I have sandwich cornbeef and friut banana and some grapes and soup for dinner with couple of slices 2 of bread and some fruit nd sometimes instead of soup I have eggs and noodles. Is that healty for diabetes
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Hi Dan, I'm afraid it's not great :( Branflakes contain a lot of carbs, including a fair amount of sugar, and grapes are little sugar bombs, so the combination - especially for breakfast - will be very difficult for your body to cope with. The same might be said of your other choices, unfortunately, as they are quite carby.

What I would suggest is starting a food diary and recording the amount of carbs in everything you eat (and drink) each day. Do this for a week or so, so that you can get a good idea of your daily carb consumption. Use the information on packaging and/or weigh things on scales to work out how much carb is in each meal. You will then be in a position to look for areas where your diet might be improved so that it is more 'diabetes-friendly' e.g. by substituting items with less carby items (e.g. more green veg instead of potatoes), or reducing the portion size.

If you are unsure about anything, please ask and we will try our best to help you out 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum DanB92 🙂

This is where you will find many of the office recommended diets are rubbish for diabetics unless you are either on insulin or want to end up on insulin.

All carbohydrates will put up your blood glucose levels not just sugars, and fruit is often packed with them.

This is why a few of us (myself included) tend to go to a low carb breakfast. Ironically a traditional fry up of egg and bacon can actually be better then a healthy cereal breakfast 🙄😉
 
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