Morning Rise - Re: New Here

[Guest guest]

Kathleen, not to discourage you, but I am one of the folks that have a

30 point rise no matter what I do. I have tried eating when I wake,

eating a bedtime snack, exercising right away, and so on. Nothing

works for me.

What I am getting at is that if you find something that you can't

change, don't let it discourage you. The best you can do is no more

than the best you can do.

>

> Kathleen, most diabetics have their highest readings in the morning,

that

> is why we are constantly trying different modalities to get our

morning

> readings down.

>

> Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, sometimes they only work

for a

> while. If you go back into the archives you will see discussions of

wine

> at bedtime, different snacks at bedtime, no food at all after

dinner, and

> so on.

>

> This rise in the morning is called the dawn phenomenon. As our

bodies

> begin to stir, various systems come into play to make us ready for

the

> day. Certain hormones are released to stimulate the release of

glucose

> for energy, the pancreas meets that with insulin. Not my pancreas.

I

> can't speak for yours, something obviously helped this morning.

>

> When are you taking that metformin?

>

> Helen

>