Eating more protein at breakfast can help people with Type 2 diabetes reduce glucose spikes not only at that meal but at lunch as well.
“People often assume that their glucose response at one meal will be identical to their responses at other meals, but that really isn’t the case,” said Jill Kanaley, professor and associate chair of nutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Missouri.
“For instance, we know that what you eat and when you eat make a difference, and that if people skip breakfast, their glucose responses at lunch will be huge. In our study, we found those who ate breakfast experienced appropriate glucose responses after lunch.”
