If you were nondiabetic, you would never notice or see that rise in blood glucose numbers. In the morning before wake up time your liver dumps some glucagon, the stored form of glucose, to provide needed energy for activity upon waking.

Any excess would be controlled in short order by insulin and your metabolism. As a type 2 diabetic, insulin resistance and lower available insulin levels short circuit this normal mechanism and blood glucose levels continue to rise until you eat some carbs.

Eating a minimal amount of carbs will shut off the glucagon taps from your liver. It will also cause some insulin production.

We are all different and our diabetes journeys are unique and at different stages. @A DiabetesTeam Member says that this amount of carbs for him and many others is 15. For me my meter tells me it is between 4-6 carbs. Which is good because my meter tell me I am limited to about 15 carbs daily.

For most type 2 diabetics that number is 100-130 carbs daily spread appropriately throughout 3-5 meals and 1-2 snacks.

It is important to shut down the liver's glucagon taps by eating minimal carbs for you. Or your blood glucose numbers will continue to rise.

Continued fasting, waiting to eat, seems like the right thing to do for most people until they learn what is actually happening. It is counterintuitive but eating will control the blood glucose numbers by shutting down the glucagon dump from the liver.

Is that enough explanation for you. If not, others will chime in. Baby steps. I can do baby steps and you can too.

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