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Creating a Balanced Breakfast for Diabetes
Breakfast Nutrient Composition for Diabetes The macronutrient content in breakfast is an important decision in a diabetes meal plan. In the past decades, low-fat meals were recommended for reducing cardiovascular risk, a frequent comorbidity of type 2 diabetes (T2D), by lowering cholesterol levels. In doing so, however, these low-fat meals usually resulted in fat being replaced by carbohydrates, in large part in the forms of cereals and sugar, which have led to glycemic instability.1 In contrast, studies confirm that a diabetes low carb diet, high-protein breakfasts result in better glycemic control, insulin action, and release of incretins.2,3 This article delves into the science of breakfast ingredients for managing diabetes.
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