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Why Is Your Blood Sugar High in the Morning? The Dawn Phenomenom

Why Is Your Blood Sugar High in the Morning? The Dawn Phenomenom

by Justine Oroyan | Sep 29, 2026 | Blood Sugar

You went to bed with a normal blood sugar level. You didn’t eat anything overnight. So why did you wake up with a higher glucose reading? One possible explanation is the dawn phenomenon—a normal physiological process that can become more noticeable when insulin...

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