Higher fasting blood glucose

(Haimiko) #1

I’ve got an A1C of 5.3% and have been on the ketogenic diet for 3mos now. I’ve noticed that ever since I’ve switched to one meal a day (dinner) my morning blood glucose is 100-105 even though it’s 90 at bedtime, 3hrs after dinner. Anyone else experienced this?

(Jo Lo) #2

Yes, in fact I went to a well known LCHF doc about this and since my diet was good keto he measured insulin. My insulin came in low (3.7), so even with 110 blood sugar my HOMA-IR was very good. So no problem.

I recommend that you get your insulin measured. If it is high (>7), then you should be concerned.

(Haimiko) #3

My fasting insulin is 13.2 uIU/mL which I was told is within norm. Norm I was told is 2.6-24.9 uIU/mL. Is that not the case?

(I want abs... olutely all the bacon) #4

This is likely Dawn Phenomenon

My morning BG is usually 100-110, and was normally 110-120 back in September. My numbers are slowly improving.

(Haimiko) #5

That’s what I thought too . It’s probably exasperated due to the fast.