How do Extend Snacks help prevent high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) in the morning?
What many people with diabetes don’t understand is that having your blood sugar drop too low during the night, can actually cause your blood sugar to be high first thing in the morning, even before you eat. That’s because as you sleep, your blood sugar level naturally drops. When your blood sugar level gets too low during the night, your liver releases glycogen (a stored form of glucose) into your blood stream. This quickly raises your blood sugar levels, often causing high blood sugar. When eaten at bedtime, an Extend Snack can help prevent your blood sugar level from dropping low enough to trigger the release of glycogen from your liver. In fact, in a clinical study where an Extend Snack was eaten as a bedtime snack, morning blood sugar levels were an average of 28% lower.
