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I have warm fresh lemon first thing in the morning and then at 9am a smoothie of either banana apple and a little pineapple or berries with plain yoghurt and sometimes I add spinach and protein powder I love fruit
Then at 1pm I have my main meal of a protein veggies or salad and olive oil and a small baked potato
At 6pm a small bowl of oats with flax seeds and chia seed with xylitol and a little milk or a slice of seed toast with cream cheese or peanut butter
I have to have a snack before bed… read more
Hi @A DiabetesTeam Member,
Overnight in preparation for wake-up, your body and most specifically your liver, releases stored glucose, glucogen. This is to fuel wake-up activities. It keeps on dumping till you close the glucogen taps.
To close those taps, it is best to eat some carbs. Your body then knows it should start closing those taps.
Someone who is not diabetic, releases enough insulin to control those numbers.
With broken or damaged systems, we can't compensate enough, so our numbers rise.
So long story short, eat within 20-30 minutes of waking. Your numbers will not rise as much in the AM, if you shut those glucose taps.
Personally, I try to stop eating between 1700 and 1800 hours. My numbers stabilize by bedtime, but at only 5 carbs per meal, I have no big rise in blood glucose numbers, so I have no precipitous drops either.
When you have a sharp rise in blood glucose numbers at night, there can be a precipitous drop.
Good luck.
i would say depends just how active you are, i walk 12 to 22 K steps per day so i need a little more then normal
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