The overnight fasting levels go up because when the sugars get really low while you sleep, then the liver starts making MORE glucose, for the "dawn phenomenon". The higher fasting levels of glucose reflect this new manufactured glucose and not what you ate the night before.
Type II diabetics typically have elevated INSULIN levels, and this is what is creating the lows when food is not available. You can be tested for fasting insulin, and if yours is elevated, you can be sure you are pre-diabetic. Not many doctors do this, but will test you if you ask.
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