any suggestions on how to lower glucose fasting level?

Question

my husband is a diabetic and is controlling his blood sugar quite well with his meds and cinnamon.
However he is having problems with his levels when he first wakes us- I know about "the morning phenomenon". Does anyone have any suggestions how how to help this. It isn't as high as it used to be without meds but still it is high- it was 170 this morning. After dinner last night it was 120.

Answer 1

Fasting blood sugar should be taken 12 hours after taking dinner.
Divide your meals equally and eat 7 times in a day (ie., in small quantity).
Avoid fat and oils in the diet. Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I'm dealing with glucose disregulation as well. I've read hundreds of articles about it and glucose regulation is complicated. It is also very individual. Your particular problem depends on why your system is broken. You may have a genetic issue, a virus, insulin resistance due to lack of exercise or too little sleep, or a hormone imbalance, or an allergic reaction to something or low insulin production due to an autoimmune condition, or a neurological condition, or something else. So, no one can give you the right answer without a lot of details to narrow it down. This is why there are so many different answers that are both right and wrong. They are right for some people, and the won't work at all for others. For example, you may just need to add 45 minutes of cardio per day, or deep relaxation sessions, or help with breathing at night, or a change in diet... it depends on you. What is your BMI? What is your A1C? What is you C-Peptide level? How's you Vitamin D? What are your Cholesterol levels? You may need more not less. Don't take advice without testing to find out where you really are now. Eating several small meals per day works for some people, not for others. If you have low insulin production as a base line, that won't work out well for you. If you have only low insulin production after meals, it will. Get a meter, learn how to use it and test to figure out what works best. There is surprising variability in meter readings even taken back to back with the same meter. One reading doesn't tell you much. I use several different meters and tests at the same time to get an average and throw out any super high or super low values that pop up due to defective strips or whatever.

Answer 4

Protein snack before bed, cheese or peanut butter or even some small pretzels, dont eat too late, no heavy carb meals avoid diet sodas, they spike sugar, walk after supper, Breath rite nasal strips if he snores, poor sleeping also raises fasting blood glucose and test 12 hrs after last meal.

Answer 5

Well there is something called a sliding scale, which I am on. If your doctor feels or you feel as though a certain time your levels are high, you give yourself a shot of insulin according to how high your sugar level is thats how much you take. Ask your doctor or his doctor and good luck. It works great for me, I have the same exact problem

Answer 6

I know this will sound crazy....but I was in a seminar for natural health and they told us that eating beans with your breakfast would help stabalize your sugar....including the fasting am. Have not put it to practice yet b/c hubby is not too keen on the idea.