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High morning blood sugar levels

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ColoRado

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Hi, I have only recently started testing my sugar levels but have found that they are at their highest after 8 hours sleep and longer without food.
A quick search come up with "Somogyi effect" or "Dawn Phenomenon" as possible reasons.
Can anybody explain how either of the two reasons can raise sugar levels while sleeping?
 
Only very clunkily, but basically when you wake up your liver gives you a glucose boost so you can get out and hunt that breakfast mammoth. Obviously we don’t need to run after our brekker any more, but someone forgot to tell Mr Liver.
 
ColoRado said:
Hi, I have only recently started testing my sugar levels but have found that they are at their highest after 8 hours sleep and longer without food.
A quick search come up with "Somogyi effect" or "Dawn Phenomenon" as possible reasons.
Can anybody explain how either of the two reasons can raise sugar levels while sleeping?
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The dawn phenomenon happens to many people, diabetic and not. It is as Madeline explains, the bodies natural mechanism upon waking, you often see (on a libre for example) a rise of 2-3mmol within the period of about 1 hour or less. Somogyi Effect as I understand it only effects those on insulin, related to when your blood sugar drops very low (prob less than 3mmol or so), typically during sleep, when you are not aware of a low blood sugar, the liver gives out a boost of glucose to bring your blood sugar up to a safe level about 6mmol. I find the only reason I have high morning blood sugars is as a result of a high fat, high protein meal late (pizza/curry) on which takes forever to digest, this causes a blood sugar rise during the night. I'm type 1 so i'm not sure if this happens with type 2's?
 
Amity Island said:
I find the only reason I have high morning blood sugars is as a result of a high fat, high protein meal late (pizza/curry) on which takes forever to digest, this causes a blood sugar rise during the night. I'm type 1 so i'm not sure if this happens with type 2's?
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It sure does 😳
 
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