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Why Blood sugar level is high in the morning on an empty stomach? and what to do?

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Have you ever noticed that during a blood test in the morning on an empty stomach, your blood sugar is high?  Normally this blood glucose level increases after a meal during digestion. So why is it on the rise when you wake up, after such a long period of fasting? This high blood sugar level in the morning on an empty stomach can be a sign of diabetes or prediabetes. This is due to the phenomenon of dawn, coupled with insulin resistance. The temperature of our body, our vigilance, our fatigue... And our hormones vary with time. While we sleep around 4 a.m., we secrete growth hormone, cortisol, glucagon and adrenaline. These hormones raise blood sugar by releasing glucose into the blood. This phenomenon is called the phenomenon of Dawn. The secretion of these hormones decreases around 8 a.m. This means that everyone is prone to the phenomenon of dawn, and releases glucose into the blood during the night. Not just diabetics or prediabetics. So how can we explain the high blood sugar in t