Electrolytes fit in there too. One thing that happens with people who "drink a lot of water" is that they flush out the electrolytes, and low sodium or potassium are very problematic. I happen to be one who gets low sodium very easily, so when I'm drinking a lot of water I add some sodium, or sodium/potassium salt.
That would be an interesting and easy experiment: in the morning, have some water with a pinch of salt in it, or vineger+baking soda (it makes fizz water!). See if it affect your blood sugar levels.
Next day, try exercise first thing in the morning. See what effect that has.
Next day, try eating a stalk of celery or a pickle. I have found that either of those fix the "high cortisol" issue, without actually providing any calories.
Next day, try eating an egg over easy, see what effect that has.
I think it is so great that glycometers have gotten cheap. I got one some time ago, to experiment with the "glycemic factor" of food. What I discovered is that I have a very boring glucose level, it was always the same. EXCEPT that it shot up when I had "the hungries" ... that shaky feeling I associated with "low blood sugar" was actually HIGH blood sugar (though the symptoms were probably the cortisol). So then I studied what cortisol does, and how to avoid it. Some crazy person suggested to me that intermittent fasting would fix the problem, which was too weird to be credible, so I tried it. It DID fix the problem: now my blood glucose is the same fasting, as not fasting. But it doesn't vary during the day, as your is. I am glad I discovered this though, before the doctors did a "fasting blood sugar" on me, because they would have said I was diabetic I think.
When my blood glucose was high, eating made it lower. However, it also got lower if I ate something with no calories to speak of ... even lettuce. I don't know if it was the lettuce, or the vinegar on the lettuce, or the electrolytes, or just that the body damps down cortisol when the stomach senses "Ok, finally you are eating!". I also discovered that half an hour on the Nordic Track would fix the problem. But anyway, I got convinced that it is a hormonal issue, not an issue of actual caloric content of the food. Drinking orange juice or eating a candy bar just didn't help ... which makes sense, when you think of it, since my blood sugar was high anyway. But eating protein ... the calories in protein don't actually get used for some time after you eat them. And a pickle or lettuce? There just isn't much energy in those foods at all.
So there is some kind of "trigger" in foods ... and it isn't necessarily calories, might have to do with taste or smell or electrolytes. Worth some experimentation anyway. The suggestions already mentioned ... hydration, almonds, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, vinegar ... are all good bets. Tea maybe (I can't drink tea on an empty stomach). I'd add celery, lettuce, electrolyte drink, konjac mix, turmeric. And exercise. The important thing is: don't assume you know the solution, until you test the solution. If "eating" lowers your blood glucose, then find out WHAT about eating is doing that.
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