| "Liver Dump"
Have been reading a lot of threads that use the term "liver dump" to account for most any rise in blood sugar, save the immediate effect of a meal. For example, not eating for a few hours causes a blood sugar rise of 20-30 points and is attributed to a "liver dump". Or 3 hours after eating the blood sugar is rising again and it's attributed to a "liver dump"
When I have what I consider to be a liver dump, it's usually the result of going very low, not correcting in time, and ending up with a blood sugar well into the 200s. For example, i go low overnight (into the 40s) and wake up with a blood sugar of 240.
So, I guess what I'm asking for is a good scientific explanation of what a "liver dump" is. Is DP a type of liver dump or is it a different thing/mechanism? Is any seeminly non-food related BS excursion a liver dump? Is an excursion of 30 points a liver dump? Does it depend? Is diabetes type a factor?
I googled it but it's hard to wade through all the forum-related links that come up. I was coming here to see if any of you smarties had something definitive in the way of a definition or possibly insight into the mechanisms of liver dumpage. What exactly is it?
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