 [ Symptoms ] i have high bp i have noticed that it usually goes up if i have eaten a lot of sugar andor starch are these related  i take quinipril 12 5 mg twice daily usually if i do not eat a lot of sugar i can go down to one pill a day as my blood pressure is 108 to 110 over 70 to 80 if i have a high sugar intake during the day i notice my blood pressure goes up to 140 to 146 over 80 to 90 am i reading into this or are they related   both my parents had diabetes my last physical showed my blood sugar at 70 i do watch how much starch and sugar i eat because i am trying to avoid diabetes [ Disease ] so one of the things that we are learning now is that protein can have a pretty big effect on sleep so if you are on a high protein diet one of the things we know is that actually can be very alerting whereas if you are on a higher carbohydrate right before bed that can actually make you more sleepy