Why people with diabetes are more prone to respiratory risk (Very tight blood sugar control fixes it)

Medical Xpress / Weizmann Institute of Science / Nature ^ | Dec. 14, 2023 | Samuel Philip Nobs et al

[Alas Babylon!]

Because of the dawn phenomenon, I don’t think Fasting BS is = to Waking BS.

That’s why a better benchmark is to test throughout the day over a variety of conditions (before meal, after meal, after no carbs at all, etc).

[dfwgator]

That’s why you should never do blood tests in the morning.

[dfwgator]

I’ve gone Keto. 2 meals a day in a 6 hour window.

I've started the 5:2. 5 days, I do like you, but make sure I get in the normal 1700-2000 calories, then on the other two days, I just do 1 meal of 500-600 calories.

The key is to not do the same thing every day, so that your body doesn't adjust to it, eat at different times of the day, and vary the calories from day-to-day.

[dfwgator]

I also did a 72-hour water fast at the beginning of the month.

I hope to do the same at the beginning of every month.

After about 40 hours, I wasn’t even really hungry, I had to force myself to break the fast. And just eat a few small meals immediately after breaking a fast. You don’t want to get “Refeeding Syndrome” by eating a lot of carbs after breaking a fast.

[fuzzylogic]

Interesting, will keep that in mind.

I also try to do some light exercise (bench press, uphill walking/treadmill) Mon-Fri as the last thing I do in the late morning before my first meal.

[dfwgator]

One of the reasons it’s good to exercise in the morning is to burn off that Dawn Phenonmenon blood sugar, before it goes to fat, that’s why even before I did fasting I rarely ate before noon.

[fuzzylogic]

I’ve not heard of that before. Looking at the graphs, maybe I should exercise a little earlier.

Thanks.

[chuck allen]

Yes, a random BS test throughout the day, like Mayo Clinic explains in post 18.