Posted on 06/01/2023 9:29:53 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
An international team suggests a simple tweak to the first meal of the day might help people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) better control their blood sugar levels.
In fact, changing just one meal helped keep the blood sugar in check.
"We're not talking about a complete diet overhaul," says Dr. Oliveira.
Their 12-week study had two groups. One was advised to eat from a selection of low-carb breakfasts containing approximate amounts of 8g of carbohydrate, 25g of protein and 37g of fat while the other was advised to eat from a selection of low-fat higher-carb options containing about 56g of carbohydrates, 20g of protein and 15g of fat. All the breakfast options in both groups provided 450 calories.
All participants were provided with a continuous glucose monitoring device they wore throughout the study and also undertook A1C blood tests, before and after the 12 weeks, to measure their average blood sugar levels. They also measured their weight and waist circumference at the beginning and end of the trial.
Dr. Oliveira notes while there were no significant differences between the low-carb and other group for weight, body mass index or waist circumference, the low-carb group did see a reduction in blood sugar levels and some were able to reduce their glucose-lowering medication. The upward and downward swings in blood glucose levels, known as glycemic variability, with the low-carb group was also significantly lower, suggesting the benefits of a low-carbohydrate breakfast for stabilizing blood sugars throughout the day.
One additional interesting finding was that people who had the low-carb breakfast self-reported lower calorie and carbohydrate intake at lunch and during the remainder of the day. This could suggest that a breakfast rich in fat and protein, while lower in carbs, can impact daily eating habits.
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Intermittent fasting has taken my T2D fight to a much lower level. Just sayin
I’ve been prediabetic for over a year now. My cardiologist suggested a similar breakfast plan to that described above, plus half day fasts (skipping breakfast) twice a week. I also began walking 1.5 - 2 miles nearly every day. That’s quite a work-out, given that I live in the hills at the foot of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon.
My blood-sugar has stabilized and I stopped gaining weight after I began the “plan”.
Started doing this decades ago. I realized that breakfast daily would just make me fat so I stopped except as an occasional lunch substitute. Still got Type II. I don’t think it matters all that much.
Damned! There goes breakfast at Cracker Barrel!
Once again demonstrating how little we get for our research dollars...
smh
I eat 3-4 eggs with sausage almost daily for breakfast. If I do eat bread, I have a Mission Low Carb Tortilla or Keto bread I purchase from the store. It’s my favorite meal of the day.
After 80 years of “research”, I have discovered that if you expend more calories than you take in, you will be a healthier person.
Where is my grant $$$$?
same here. for eons all I ate was dinner...and here I am with Type II.
I like your style ;-)
It’s the same paradigm which brought us all the junk virus ‘science’ resulting in all the withdrawn/pulled papers.
Makes me sick.
They should be.
However, start small and you'll have better chance for success. Do one meal a day and when you are used to it, make another small change.
It's less of a shock to the system and you are less likely to fall off the wagon.
OMAD is one meal a day intermittent fasting.
It works.
Even eating your meals within a few hours timeframe works.
But, but! I thought they told us breakfast is the most important meal of the day!
Cereal and milk. Orange juice. Hot cakes. Toast and eggs. Slab of meat of choice.
Hard to change a lifetime of habits. But we gotta try.
protein for breakfast
Gee, who would have thought that eating less sugar (carbs) would help with diabetes?
For me it’s two scrambled eggs and either sausage or bacon. Maybe a CarbMaster yogurt from Kroger. Love the mango flavored.
Coffee half and half sometimes. Or green tea with Spenda.
“A low carb breakfast had enough positive impact on diabetics that blood sugar was pretty much stabilized the rest of the day.”
Only took 30 years for the medical profession to START catching up to Dr. Atkins.
“But, but! I thought they told us breakfast is the most important meal of the day!”
But then who is “they”? Probably an FDA type who is now an executive at Kellogg’s.
“Gee, who would have thought that eating less sugar (carbs) would help with diabetes?”
Actually, it was standard treatment 100 years ago, and then ‘forgotten’ when insulin became available.
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