The Claim
The degree of food processing in breakfast meals has no differential effect on postprandial concentrations of amylin, GLP-1, GIP, or glucose in adults, irrespective of body mass index.
What the research says
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Eating breakfasts with different levels of processing does not change the levels of amylin, GLP-1, GIP, or glucose in the blood after eating, regardless of a person's body weight.
See the scientific wording
The degree of food processing in breakfast meals does not appear to differentially affect postprandial levels of amylin, GLP-1, GIP, or glucose in adults, regardless of body mass index, indicating that these specific appetite-regulating hormones and glycemic responses are not consistently altered by ultra-processing.
When you eat ultra-processed breakfast foods, the sugars and refined carbs break down very quickly in your gut, causing your blood sugar to spike and your pancreas to release a lot of insulin. This insulin pulls sugar out of your blood too fast, making your blood sugar drop afterward. But your body doesn’t change how much amylin, GLP-1, GIP, or glucose stay in your blood after eating — those levels stay the same whether the food is processed or not.
What the research says
1 studyThis study found that eating ultra-processed breakfasts didn’t change key hunger hormones or blood sugar levels compared to less processed breakfasts — even in people with different body weights. So, the claim that ultra-processing doesn’t affect these specific markers is supported.
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