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Keeping Your Blood Sugar Stable for Your Type 2 Diabetes
Posted by: | CommentsBlood sugar instability plays a big role in the management of your disease, reduction of your symptoms, and reversing your diabetes.
The following are good rules to stand by when it comes to keeping your blood sugar stable:
- Eat a high-quality protein breakfast: Mom was right! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
- Eat small amounts of protein every two to three hours: Nuts, seeds, meat, or protein shake are some examples.
- Find your carbohydrate tolerance and stick to it: If you feel sleepy or crave sugar after a meal, you’ve eaten too many carbs.
- Never eat high sugar foods without some fat, fiber or protein.
- Do not eat sweets or sugary foods before bed.
- Avoid all fruit juices.
- Avoid all Adrenal stimulants: This means coffee, energy drinks, and sodas.
- Eat a well-balanced diet consisting mostly of vegetables and quality meats and fats.
- Eliminate food allergens and intolerances.
10. Eliminate parasites and toxicities.
We can help you find out what your food allergies are through a simple test. This is part of our comprehensive management of you as a whole person.
Dr. Jade Malay, DC
If you are suffering from Type 2 Diabetes and need help getting it and keeping it under control, please fill out the form to the right and we can help get you the information you need.
Article by Dr. Jade Malay, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Reasons Why Your Fasting Blood Sugar May Be High in the Morning…
Posted by: | CommentsThe dawn phenomenon and the Somogyi effect cause high blood sugar levels, especially in the morning before breakfast, in people with diabetes.
Dawn phenomenon
Reasons for the Dawn Phenomenon:
- Hormones (growth hormone, cortisol, and catecholamines) produced by the body cause the liver to release large amounts of sugar (glucose) into the bloodstream. These hormones are released in the early morning hours. These hormones also may partially block the effect of insulin, whether it’s insulin your body produces or insulin from the last injection.
- If the body doesn’t produce enough insulin (which occurs in people with type 1 diabetes and a few people with type 2 diabetes), blood sugar levels may rise. This may cause high blood sugar in the morning before the person eats.
Somogyi effect
The Somogyi effect may occur when a person takes long-acting insulin for diabetes. If the blood sugar level drops too low in the early morning hours, hormones (such as growth hormone, cortisol, and catecholamines) are released. These help reverse the low blood sugar level but may lead to blood sugar levels that are higher than normal in the morning. An example of the Somogyi effect is:
- A person who takes insulin doesn’t eat a regular bedtime snack, and the person’s blood sugar level drops during the night.
- A person’s body responds to the low blood sugar in the same way as in the dawn phenomenon, by causing a high blood sugar level in the early morning.
Telling the Difference
To sort out whether an early morning high blood sugar level is caused by the dawn phenomenon or Somogyi effect, check blood sugar levels around 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. for several nights.
- If the blood sugar level is low at 2 a.m. to 3 a.m., suspect the Somogyi effect.
- If the blood sugar level is normal or high at 2 a.m. to 3 a.m., it’s likely the dawn phenomenon.
If you are suffering from Type 2 Diabetes and need help getting it and keeping it under control, please fill out the form to the right and we can help get you the information you need.
Article byDr. Jade Malay, DC, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
