Big Breakfast, Small Dinner Helps Diabetics
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Nikolay Trubnikov/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK)– A new blood sugar management trick for those with diabetes, and it’s all about timing.
Researchers gave 18 otherwise healthy diabetics either a high-calorie breakfast/low-calorie dinner or a low-calorie breakfast/high-calorie dinner, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Diabetologia.
Both had the same lunch, and the total number of daily calories was about the same.
Researchers found that the high-calorie breakfast eaters had lower after-meal blood sugar levels, better insulin response and a quicker return to normal blood sugar compared to the low-calorie breakfast/high-calorie dinner group.
How much lower? The peak blood sugar after a high-calorie meal was 24-percent lower when it was eaten in the morning.
Overall, researchers say a simple diet change taking advantage of our bodies’ natural internal clock may lead to improved sugar control for millions of diabetics.
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