Good afternoon from South Jersey @A DiabetesTeam Member.

Everyone's body gets ready to wake up.
As part of the process to get ready to wake up, hormones are released and the liver dumps some glucogen, stored glucose, into your bloodstream. And it keeps dumping until the taps are shut off. Baby steps.

This raises everyone's blood glucose.
For a nondiabetic, the body compensates for the increased blood glucose with enough insulin to bring the level back down to normal. Baby steps.

For us with damaged systems, our bodies can't completely compensate for the increased glucose. Baby steps.

So our glucose levels rise in the morning. They continue to rise until our body shuts off the glucose taps. Baby steps.

It's so important to eat within 30 minutes of waking. Eating is what sends the message to your liver to shut those taps. Baby steps.

I eat to my blood glucose meter, my blood glucose numbers spreadsheet, and my food journal. Baby steps.

Nondiabetic blood glucose numbers are 4.0(72) to 7.8(140). Baby steps.

I eat to TITR, time in tight range, 4.0(72) to 7.8(140). Baby steps.

TITR arrests diabetic complications and comorbidities right where they are now. Baby steps.

Do yourselves a favor and eat to TITR and live a long adventure filled life. Baby steps.

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When you sleep your sugar goes high that means the food that you eat are high in glucose