If you have type 2 diabetes and eat a low-carb, high-fat breakfast, it won’t make your blood sugar spike higher later when you eat lunch or dinner — so the good effect of a healthy breakfast isn’t undone by your other meals.

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Restricting carbohydrates at breakfast is sufficient to reduce 24-hour exposure to postprandial hyperglycemia and improve glycemic variability.

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2019 May 1

Eating a low-carb, high-fat breakfast helped people with type 2 diabetes keep their blood sugar lower after breakfast—and it didn’t cause their blood sugar to spike higher at lunch or dinner. So, changing just breakfast can help without making other meals worse.

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Restricting carbohydrates at breakfast is sufficient to reduce 24-hour exposure to postprandial hyperglycemia and improve glycemic variability.

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DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy261

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