Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital Podcast. We're so excited to have you here.

Now if you have diabetes and your fasting readings are consistently over target,

and that is typically over 130 for most people with diabetes

then this episode is for you. Welcome to the Diabetes Digital Podcast I'm Wendy and I'm

Jess and we're best friends registered dieticians and diabetes educators

through our telehealth platform diabetes digital.co we offer accessible and

personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and pre-diabilities.

Visit diabetes digital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment.

We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. Now let's get into today's episode.

Now for those who maybe are newly diagnosed or or people who are supporting a loved one with diabetes, fasting plasma glucose

levels are determined by taking a blood sample from participants who have

fasted for at least eight hours and this can be in the form of a

finger stick which people will often do to check their blood sugars in the morning

so typically folks will fast overnight for 8 hours and they'll get that

fasting blood glucose reading. So fasting blood sugar levels can be a key indicator

of how well your diabetes is being managed. But when those numbers consistently rise, it can be

super-concerning. And so today we're going to explore possible reasons behind those elevated

fasting blood sugars. Now, I know what you're thinking that it's all

food right that's a typical misconception that folks have that anytime their fasting is

elevated it's 100% going to be food and that's not the case.

They can be influenced by so many different factors including diet, yes, but also physical activity medication and also your overall health.

Yeah so just mentioned food and

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