When my early
morning blood sugar goes up due to Dawn Phenomena, my cells are now more responsive to the resulting spike in insulin, and the excess sugar is now being taken into the cells, like it is supposed to!
The high
morning blood sugar went completely for me when followed up with Intermittent Fasting, IF.
Not exact matches
My husband and I were trying to
go low - carb for health issues, and as cereal is high carb, and we understood cinnamon to help combat
blood sugar «spikes» and prevent hunger pangs, we developed a breakfast for us that is delicious and helps us get a tablespoon or two of raw virgin coconut oil down easily and deliciously in the
morning.
In other words, your
blood sugar won't
go on a roller - coaster and you'll feel energized the whole
morning.
Going forward, Borer's lab will examine the timing of meals and whether insulin - lowering effect can be produced in the
morning and whether
blood sugar will decline when women exercise after low - carbohydrate meals.
Sometimes in healthier cases, it's actually better to fast for 12 hours and so throughout the night our
blood sugar hasn't been stimulated, we haven't been increasing our
blood sugar throughout the night and so, when we start our
morning with something like, in North America, like we usually start, with a piece of toast or some
sugar - rich cereal, our
blood sugar goes from the lowest point, since we've been fasting for so long, and spikes.
Not everyone is hungry first thing in the
morning, but if you
go too long without eating, your
blood sugar will drop and you will likely end up starving and potentially make poor food choices out of hunger.
You see,
blood sugar should neither be too high in the
morning nor
go up and down excessively.
It turns out that eating within an hour of waking
goes a long in stabilizing my
blood sugar, alerting my body last night's famine (overnight, we don't eat and that's technically all the fasting we need on a daily basis) is over and providing adequate energy for the
morning.
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For me and this particular matrix of my female body, if I have white rice or the inside of a potato, my
blood sugar is
going to be 130 fasting in the
morning.
Because our systems absolutely do better with a balanced
morning meal that isn't
going to spike our
blood sugar!
People with adrenal fatigue and
blood sugar problems should
go lightly on fruits, especially in the
morning.
Protein shakes in the
morning are a great way to stabilize your
blood sugar and as an effective meal replacement shake on the
go.
My fasting
blood sugar actually
went down after it
went up in the wee hours of the
morning (the effects of Dawn Phenomena) which would seem to indicate that the loss of belly fat is indeed making me more insulin sensitive!
You can test your fasting
blood sugar with a store - bought glucometer Fasting means you have
gone at least 12 hours without eating or drinking anything other than water; it's best to test first thing in the
morning.
My
blood sugar also tends to
go low in the
morning.
They Contain Refined Carbohydrates The second reason why cereal bars aren't your wisest decision for first thing in the
morning is because they also contain a high amount of refined carbohydrates, which is
going to send your
blood sugar levels soaring, only to plummet, leaving you feeling hungry, irritable, and like you need more carbs.