I am T2 and use Lingo. Recently I have found out that my blood glucose (bg) rises after my dinner ( almost zero carb, poached chicken etc.) and stays above 200 all night, next morning and starts to fall almost linearly at around 2:00 pm to about 150 by 6:00 pm the next day. I hardly eat anything dur
I hardly eat anything during the day, maybe munch on some almonds or just drink water.
This is very possibly part of the problem.
Yes, I want to understand this … why?
Not a doctor here, but my guess is that your body is not getting enough energy to sustain itself through what food you eat. So your body is releasing stored sugars to keep you going. This release of sugars then shows up in higher extended bg readings. Even with diabetes, it is important to eat an appropriately balanced diet of protein, fats, and some carbs.
Adding on to what the other person said, prolonged periods of fasting makes you more insulin resistant because your body switches to burning fat for fuel. Protein is converted to glucose so since you're not only eating almost zero carb (which is really not good for you, you NEED some amount of carbs in your diet for your body to function optimally and avoid issues like you're seeing) but you're also not eating for most of the day, your body is in survival mode. It fucks really badly with your metabolism in very damaging ways and it mimics the issues people with severe eating disorders deal with.
Please speak to a certified nutritionist/dietician (be mindful that there are places where one can call themselves one of those things without needing a diploma of any kind) who specializes
For me, that sort of thing happens when a meal I ate much earlier moves food - from stomach to large intestine, from large intestine to small intestine, I guess. So sometimes, one meal triggers that movement which makes something high carb from a previous meal start to be absorbed more. Metformin can lessen that effect, of course.