Ah, so at 7 or 7:30 p.m., I could test this by drinking, let's say, a half cup of glucerna, to see what might happen at 7:30 a.m. the next morning.

By testing various things, like a bit of cheese, a half of apple (not orange, I know this), maybe even a small piece of chicken, then I might get a better idea of how this will affect my sugar reading the next morning..?? Did I get this right??

Because when I ate something at 10 p.m, (it wasn't a piece of cheese), I always ate a carb because I thought it would PREVENT the 4 a.m. sugar low thing going on.

So if I do a small bit of protein or a slow releasing thing like some glucerna at around 7:30 p.m. and i check my sugar the next morning, ...if I do this every day, I can get an idea of what my body needs to enable a better sugar reading the next morning, right?

I got a bit confused when you said "the bigger the dip, the more your liver responds to the dip nd the more sugar is made".

I have MANY friends with diabetes. They all test over 265. They don't know what to eat. They did NOT WANT TO GO TO CORNELL WITH ME!!!

They now still weigh 300 lbs, they still don't know what to eat. They take Lantus, metformin, glyburide, etc. And nothing works. They eat nuts at night. (it's not a carb), but still, nothing works. They are all type 2. All overweight.

It's very confusing when they tell you "don't eat at night, then they say "oh, you must eat before you go to bed, and then you do what they say, and your sugar goes up".

I mean, there really should be a balance to all this. But I guess the fact that one has diabetes throws all this to the wind.

I think the body is like an automobile with all it's working parts. You feed it the right fuel, and all the parts work. (or, they ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK).

But if the fuel is not the right fuel, then the motor will act up, the carborator won't work right, the shock absorbers give you problems.

It's like a car. You do right by the car, and the car supposedly should last a long time. Maybe not forever, but at least you can trade in a car for a better model.

I'm trying to keep my car working. lol