Blood glucose high in the morning

(Jorge L) #1

Is it normal for blood glucose to be high in the morning? For the last week, I have been taking my ketones and glucose readings in the morning and my glucose hovers around the 105 mark. Later in the day, it drops between 60-80 usually. Curious if this is normal, or if I should knock off the snacking on cheese and nuts at night!!!

#2

You describe the “dawn phenomenon.” https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/controlling-the-dawn-phenomenon/

(KB Keto) #3

I found personally that if I didnt get enough sleep, 5 or less hours, I’ll be around 100. If I get 7+, I’ll wake up in the low 80’s

(Barbara Greenwood) #4

Stress definitely exacerbates DP for me.

On a nice relaxed day, my BG will rise from mid 4’s overnight (about 80) to high 5’s (like 105) by late morning before falling back. On a stressful morning, I can be 7.5 (135) or more without doing anything different.

Also interesting is that I’m not necessarily conscious of stress at the time.

(Jorge L) #5

Thanks. Stress is through the roof here lately, so I’ll keep an eye on it. @KBDelight I’ll watch the number based on sleep too.

(Jorge L) #6

Whoa, I think i figured out what happened, and it is not stress. I switched from my Precision Xtra meter to an iHealth BG5. I have measured 10 or so times and every measurement is 110mg/dl or very close. Seemed odd… Now I read the vial of test strips and it declares the range is 113~170 for these strips!!! Ordering up some Precision Xtra Glucose strips to verify that is the issue!!!

(Jorge L) #7

Yup, the issue was the BG5 strips were rated from 110-160(?). When I use the precision extra strips, my glucose level is around 70. Yay!

(Murat ) #8

I see you figured out the issue, but still thought I’d contribute my observation. I’m 6’4’m and weigh 225 lbs after 10 months of first mostly vegetarian diet for 3 months, then low carb for 4 months and now keto for about 3 months. I’ve been closely monitoring my blood glucose numbers for about a week and saw that when I eat the maximum number of protein a day (150 gr) and get most of my protein at dinner, I wake up with BG numbers at high 90s or low 100s. When I eat about 80gr protein and eat most of that during lunch, I wake up with 85-88 BG. I also think sleeping 8 hours does wonders. Hope this helps.

(Mel Soule) #9

Good job solving that. For what it’s worth about 6 months ago I was also getting the same reading every morning which seemed strange. Turns out the 2 grams of Vitamin C I take each morning was interferring with the chemistry on the BG testing strip. Moral of the story, don’t take the Vitamin C before testing. Problem solved.