Yogurt Breakfast Keeps Blood Sugar Lower Than Coconut Breakfast
The effects of cultured dairy and non-dairy products added to breakfast cereals on blood glucose control, satiation, satiety, and short-term food intake in young women.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Two kinds of breakfasts with granola were tested: one with yogurt (high protein) and one with coconut (high fiber). Both made people feel full and eat less after 2 hours than if they skipped breakfast. But the yogurt one made blood sugar drop more because it made the body release more insulin.
Surprising Findings
Skipping breakfast led to lower cumulative food intake over 2 hours than eating either breakfast.
Common nutrition advice says breakfast prevents overeating later—but here, skipping it resulted in less total food consumed, contradicting the 'breakfast is essential' narrative.
Practical Takeaways
If you want to avoid blood sugar spikes, choose a high-protein breakfast like Greek yogurt with granola over high-fiber plant-based alternatives—even if they’re marketed as 'healthier'.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Two kinds of breakfasts with granola were tested: one with yogurt (high protein) and one with coconut (high fiber). Both made people feel full and eat less after 2 hours than if they skipped breakfast. But the yogurt one made blood sugar drop more because it made the body release more insulin.
Surprising Findings
Skipping breakfast led to lower cumulative food intake over 2 hours than eating either breakfast.
Common nutrition advice says breakfast prevents overeating later—but here, skipping it resulted in less total food consumed, contradicting the 'breakfast is essential' narrative.
Practical Takeaways
If you want to avoid blood sugar spikes, choose a high-protein breakfast like Greek yogurt with granola over high-fiber plant-based alternatives—even if they’re marketed as 'healthier'.
Publication
Journal
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme
Year
2020
Authors
K. Mather, Ruth T. Boachie, Y. Anini, S. Panahi, G. Anderson, Bohdan L. Luhovyy
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After eating yogurt with cereal, young women’s bodies released almost twice as much insulin as after eating coconut-based cereal, which likely helped lower their blood sugar without making them hungrier later.
Young women who skipped breakfast ended up eating less overall in the next two hours than those who ate either yogurt or coconut cereal — which seems surprising, but the study found it.
Yogurt with cereal gave young women three times more protein and only a quarter of the fiber compared to coconut cereal — even though both meals had almost the same calories and carbs.
Delayed protein consumption due to breakfast skipping results in elevated total daily caloric intake due to prolonged appetite drive until protein satiety thresholds are achieved.
Whether young women ate yogurt with cereal or coconut-based cereal for breakfast, both made them feel less hungry and eat less in the next two hours than if they hadn’t eaten breakfast at all.