Skipping early breakfasts may reduce blood sugar spikes in people with type 2 diabetes, with later breakfast timings showing significant benefits.
By Hugo Francisco de SouzaReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc.Dec 10 2024 Research reveals how adjusting breakfast timing and post-meal walks can transform glycemic control in type 2 diabetes , offering an easy lifestyle tweak for better health.
The study further revealed that 20 minutes of walking after breakfast slightly reduced postprandial glycemia in patients eating at 0700h or 1200h . However, it had no discernible benefit for those consuming their first daily meal at 0930h. Together, these findings highlight that altering breakfast timing may offer a non-invasive and practical strategy to help manage postprandial glycemia in T2D patients.
Altered breakfast timings, in particular, may substantially benefit morning hyperglycemia due to the meal's influence on blood glucose excursions following breakfast, constituting the most considerable food-associated daily glycemic alterations. Unfortunately, rigorous evidence supporting timing-associated glycemic benefits remains sparse.
The Eating Attitudes Test was used to screen participants for baseline disordered eating risk, alongside assessments of beta cell function and body composition using blood tests and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry , respectively. Participants were randomly assigned to 'early' , 'mid' , or 'delayed' breakfast cohorts.
Data analysis revealed that breakfast timing significantly altered iAUC, with 'mid' and 'delayed' breakfast cohorts depicting reductions of 57 mmol/L×2h and 41 mmol/L×2h, respectively, compared to 'early' breakfast eaters. Mid and delayed cohorts were statistically indistinguishable from one another.
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