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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : March 17, 2015 4:00 PM IST
We have all heard about the benefits of eating a heavy breakfast and slowly reducing your food intake as the day progresses. It has been previously proved that it is an ideal way to lose weight. A new study now has stressed the importance of this type of diet regime. The study says that blood sugar spikes all day can be easily controlled by a high-caloric breakfast and low-energy dinner. ( Read: A diet plan diabetics can use for better blood sugar control)
According to Tel Aviv University's Prof. Daniela Jakubowicz and Dr. Julio Wainstein of the Wolfson Medical Center's Diabetes Unit, Prof. Oren Froy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Prof. Bo Ahren of Lund University in Sweden, the combined consumption of a high-energy breakfast and a low-energy dinner decreases overall daily hyperglycaemia in type-2 diabetics. (Read:Vegetarian diet could reverse type 2 diabetes)
The results of the study showed that post-meal glucose elevations were 20 percent lower and levels of insulin, C-peptide, and GLP-1 were 20 percent higher in participants on the B diet compared with those on the D diet. Despite the fact that both diets contained the same calories, blood glucose levels rose 23 percent less after the lunch preceded by a large breakfast in the study. The researchers are currently engaged in an extended study of the benefits of high-energy breakfast and reduced-calorie dinners over time. (Read: Scientists discover new fats that may protect against type 2 diabetes)
With inputs from ANI
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