Read into the Dawn Phenomenon. and why this is hormone driven, not what you ate the previous night. Though it is responsive to stress, lack of sleep., or covid vaccines in my case.
As a T2D trying to control my diabetes with as few meds as possible,. I have become extremely familiar with this. New glycogenesis, making glucose from fat, happens in the liver.
Yes,. there is a small effect from food, especially if you do intermittent fasting,. which I am doing at the moment. Food overall is not just one or two things, but a dietary pattern.