Why does sugar level increase
Many diabetic patients complain that they do not eat sweets at all. Take all kinds of precautions. Even at night, we eat light food, but still when we check the sugar level in the morning, it is always found increased. If this is happening with you too then there is no need to worry about it. If you understand why this is happening then you can control it. Experts say that the increase in sugar level after waking up in the morning is due to Dawn Phenomenon.
Dr. Ajit Kumar in the Department of Medicine at GTB Hospital, Delhi. Explains that Dawn phenomenon is a process of hormones. When hormones like cortisol, glucagon or adrenalin are produced in large quantities in a person’s body between 4 and 8 in the morning, all these hormones signal the liver to release more glucose so that the body can get energy to wake up in the morning. But in search of more energy Diabetes The sugar level of patients increases. This happens because due to excessive glucose production, insulin does not work properly in diabetic patients, due to which the blood sugar increases.
Why does sugar become high even if food is under control?
Dr. Kumar says that in people whose hormones become more active, there is no direct relation between sugar level and food intake. Even if you have taken less carbohydrates at night and have completely given up sweets, fasting sugar may increase in the morning due to active hormones.
How to recognize that there is a dawn phenomenon?
Check sugar between 3 and 4 pm
Check fasting sugar as soon as you wake up in the morning
If the sugar is normal at night i.e. between 3 to 4 pm and is high between 7 to 8 am in the morning, then the possibility of dawn phenomenon is high.
What to do in Dawn Phenomena?
Do not skip evening meal, take light meal
Eat protein rich food in your night diet
Do light exercise before checking your sugar in the morning.
keep proper sleep and wake time
Drink at least 7 glasses of water a day