Originally posted by wabbit
...At his last test, his fasting glucose was higher than his Non-fasting glucose, meaning his insulin resistance is very low...
Wabbit: another thing that can also explain that is that the hormonal kickstart the body gets in the early hours of the morning can cause the liver to dump glucose raising fasting blood glucose. Not everyone experiences that to the same extent but it's well documented and known as the 'dawn phenomenon'. I suppose if you happen to live with Seven-of-Nine from Star Trek, you'd also get a dawn phenomenon, but of a different kind!
As you say though, getting the insulin resistance reduced should always be a primary goal for most type 2's whereas type 1's don't have that problem to the same extent.