ray,

I'm not sure what you are worrying about? To me your numbers don't sound super high. But really everyone is different. For instance, for me? Anything much below 120 (fasting or anytime) is too low for me and I crash into low blood sugar symptoms.

The other thing is this: sometimes no matter what we do? Our blood sugar may be higher than we think it should be. I hope someone else has some better/more advice to give!!

Good luck and try to not worry too much!!

Jess

Ray, we have told you before you probably are experiencing the dawn effect. How are your numbers doing the day?


Ocean.....
the body gets use to high numbers and will think coming into normal ranges might be too low, it takes time and hard work to get your numbers into normal ranges so 120 doesn't feel like a low to you

Those numbers sound pretty good for mornings. Lewis

Try a protein snack at night instead of fruit. My morning #'s are 90-110 range.

My FS also run in the low 120's, usually. I wouldn't worry, but of course mention it to your doctor. Mine come down during the day, normally. When under stress though, or if I am not sleeping well, my FS is usually a little higher.

Eating a small protein plus carb bedtime snack might help. I sometimes eat a graham cracker with no sugar added, Laura Scudder's peanut butter on it.

The goal range is usually to be about 100, though 125 is not too bad. The suggestion to eat a snack at night would only raise that, so that's not a good idea. another thing is to not have sugary snacks in the evening
there are two ways your body handles sugar, in the day time it's your pancreas, and at night it's your liver. One important thing is to get a good night's sleep. Do you sleep well?

It's true that for people who are used to having very high levels that 125 might trigger feelings of low sugar, but if you keep your sugar below 150 all the time then that will normalize so that your body will let it go down to 100 and still feel normal.
Diabetes tends to be a progressive disease so that over time the levels may average higher, so that it was okay to snack on sugary foods before, but later on not so much.

My suggetion is to try to sleep better at night, and if you do wake up, to drink water.

You donot have a problem. 120 is fine . If you want it real low, put 1 table spoon apple cidar vinegar in water and drink before bed .
It will go to about 100.

My dietician tells me a protein source in those snacks will slow down glucose metabolism. That will let the late evening levels drop in a more controlled way.

As some have said, around 120 is ok. I'm sort of perfectionist though, and like mine in the 80s or 90s, so I understand the concern.

Ron

I'll never understand why the medical community feels the need to keep lowering the normal fasting glucose level. 20 years ago, normal was 145 or below. Then it was lowered to 125 or below. Then 110 or below, then 100 or below, then 99 or below.

Normal blood pressure level used to be 120/80. Well, that too has been changed to 110/70.

Kesska, In response to your comment about why the medical community changes the rules, I believe it is because they learn more. At one time smoking was considered good for the digestion, but since that time we've learned it is harmful. I cannot think of a field where what was believed in the past, has not changed due to new knowledge and understanding.

If you have the dawn effect, you are just beating a dead horse to correct this, the body is going to do what it wants and trying to do protein at night does help some but not all the time, you can go to bed with a low number thinking that the morning will be low, but it doesn't

so basically watch it so it doesn't keep going higher than your morning fasting average is.

That makes sense Phedrick. Thanks for the insight.