QUESTION: I was diagnosed with Diabetes type 2 in 2009, my HbA1c reading was 9.2.
After 6 months of treatment (Janumet 1000 - 2 tabs a day)+ exercise and diet. I lost 10 KGs of my weight and my sugar was stable. Though, I noted one strange thing.
In the early mornings, when I wake up my reading is high 7.5- 8.2 but after I have my black coffee + small brown bread toast my reading go back to normal (5.8)even after I have lunch or dinner I wait 2 hours and make the test it will go to 6.2 and not more.
My judgment is that long sleeping and low activity and heart beat can be the reason..
Please Dr. give me your explanation.
Thanks
Fadi Hamoui, Montreal
ANSWER: Hi Fadi,
You are absolutely right in saying that the bodies differ, which means that every single person is unique. Therefore, the approach for the diabetic treatment is unique for every single patient.
It is also true that sleeping affects the blood glucose concentration. Keep in mind that the major goal of sleeping is to prepare you body for the day, to ensure enough energy, to clear it from the bad molecules formed during the day and to give brain some time to rest.
The most important fact for your case is the insurance with energy (glucose). You have to know that during the night, your body uses the nutrients acquired at dinner and stores them in the blood and in the liver.
Besides this, because of the reduced speed of the metabolic processes, the body is not able to use all the glucose stored in the blood during the night, which results with slight elevation of the blood glucose level.
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