Higher BG in a.m. WHY?

wrote:

Jim is probably right on.

It's Liver dump.

No such thing.

Glucose, the monosaccharide, is not stored by any organ to be dumped
much less by the liver.

Instead, there is the synthesis of and breakdown of glycogen (aka body
starch). The latter is a controlled process (glycogenolysis) to
produce glucose rather than uncontrolled dumping of glucose. The BG
elevation is happening because of insulin resistance combined with
higher cortisol levels in the AM.

Moreover, for those who have been low-carbing so that there is
essentially no glycogen stores, the process of glucose production by
the liver is gluconeogenesis and happens by the breakdown of muscle to
produce the amino acids that are utilized.

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Andrew
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist