The Great Morning Snack Experiment! Can you lower your morning post prandial blood sugar up to 40% ?
This study claims that we type 2's can lower our post prandial morning numbers up to 40%.
I think this claim is worth investigating. Since it doesn't involve using any drugs of any kind, but a simple change in our morning routine, it should be very easy to do. I'm going to try it.
If you are interested in lowering your morning numbers, please read this link, and then if you want to try this experiment, please keep an accurate log so you'll know if it actually worked for you.
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10212&catid=1&Itemid=17
Suggestions for the snack are any protein, plus about 5 carbs. They used soy yogurt in the experiment, but I don't know if I can get it here, so I may have to use meat and a cracker, or cheese and a cracker. There needs to be a few carbs, to trigger an insulin output from the pancreas, but it should be mostly protein.
In the study, the participants didn't take insulin or any diabetes meds for this snack.
Here's the full report:
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/12/2552.longFULL REPORT
If you are on Byetta or anything unusual, it probably isn't a good idea to do this until you check with your doctor.
I think this claim is worth investigating. Since it doesn't involve using any drugs of any kind, but a simple change in our morning routine, it should be very easy to do. I'm going to try it.
If you are interested in lowering your morning numbers, please read this link, and then if you want to try this experiment, please keep an accurate log so you'll know if it actually worked for you.
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10212&catid=1&Itemid=17
Suggestions for the snack are any protein, plus about 5 carbs. They used soy yogurt in the experiment, but I don't know if I can get it here, so I may have to use meat and a cracker, or cheese and a cracker. There needs to be a few carbs, to trigger an insulin output from the pancreas, but it should be mostly protein.
In the study, the participants didn't take insulin or any diabetes meds for this snack.
Here's the full report:
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/12/2552.longFULL REPORT
If you are on Byetta or anything unusual, it probably isn't a good idea to do this until you check with your doctor.
