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Yesterday was fast day, or at least intended to be, but coincided with arrival of new glucose meter which had to be played with. After hi / lo calibration with test solutions I found my blood sugar was a bit high :-



So with the next cup of black coffee at 11 I retested, then again after 4 mins of HIIT. Oh well, back at 12 for another coffee and same test result.

Decided to stir things up with a small portion of low carb tuna bake just after 12, which seemed to wake up by blood sugar control systems.

When I get some more test strips I shall repeat, but my thinking is I need to eat something at breakfast to knock down the elevated blood sugar, unless this was a one-off. I had a piece of sponge cake and a glass of white wine at 22:30 the previous evening.

This is all new to me, what level(s) should our blood glucose be at?

I think a fasting level of 7.0 or greater gets you the "Diabetic" label.

Below 4 you may be struggling to stand up.

For the majority of healthy individuals, normal blood sugar levels are as follows:

When operating normally the body restores blood sugar levels to a range of 4.4 to 6.1 mmol/L (82 to 110 mg/dL)
Shortly after a meal
the blood glucose level may rise temporarily up to 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL)

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-dia ... e_targets/ etc

What time of the morning was your first test ? A blood fasting test needs to be 12 hours.

Between 4.0-6.0 mmol/L. Ideally it should be as close as possible to 5.0. These results are based on Australian pathology test results, these values can vary slightly from country to country.

What time of the morning was your first test ? A blood fasting test needs to be 12 hours.

09:50 as per the axis

Oh just noticed the time on the chart....but you say you had wine and cake at 22.30 so I would say that certainly had an effect.

11 and 12am tests were certainly more than 12h calorie free.

When I got identical results for three consecutive tests it looked rather "stuck" to me, hence eating something. From previous tests I know that ketone levels would be low too although ultimately the glucose was being used up from some substrate.

Thanks Phil, interesting that having a meal as you say seemed to reset your blood sugar level. And would it have been different in the morning without that late-night sugar and alcohol? Do you think you are insulin-resistant? Thanks for posting!

I have measured high morning levels before, and put them down to "dawn effect". Would appear I have some insulin resistance, yes.

Curious -- how hard do you push yourself with the 4 minutes of HIIT?

I think (I've only heard my cousin talking about it) that if you have insulin resistance you have to eat something every 3 hours. Especially breakfast, mid-morning snack and lunch are supposed to be very important.

Curious -- how hard do you push yourself with the 4 minutes of HIIT?

20s on / 10s off running or skipping or star jumps on the spot, heart rate goes pretty high.

Curious -- how hard do you push yourself with the 4 minutes of HIIT?

I've posted here.

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I have measured high morning levels before, and put them down to "dawn effect". Would appear I have some insulin resistance, yes.

My immediate thought was the dawn phenomenon but perhaps its a bit late for that. If you are fasting at the time it suggests gluconeogenesis/glycogenolysis. It could be that low insulin overnight did not control BG due to gluconeogenesis/glycogenolysis. The high GNG/GGL might be the result of cortisol action...are you stressed/sleeping badly for instance?