Warshaw's article "How to Lower Morning Highs" was published in Diabetic Living's Fall 2010 issue. This important article helps people with type 2 diabetes understand why your blood glucose results might be higher in the morning than any other time of day. The answer is more than likely not what you ate for dinner the night before. The answer is all about the hormonal disarray that happens in type 2 diabetes. Read it and learn. Also get tips to control your morning highs.
A: Years ago, and still too often today, people with diabetes are sent to a dietitian to be "put on a diabetic diet." The fact of the matter is no one can put someone on a "diabetic diet" or any diet for that matter. It's up to you to choose to make changes in your eating habits to eat healthier. Today, many people with diabetes use carbohydrate, or carb, counting as a flexible way to plan their meals and/or to dose their insulin.