Diet for Diabetes

Eating breakfast can help prevent pre-diabetes and diabetes. Thus, if you already have one of these health conditions or you are at risk of becoming diabetic because of overweight or family genes, don’t neglect this advice. It can be crucial for you.

These are the reasons why escaping breakfast is not a good idea:
     

• We need to keep the right amount of sugar in the blood at all times. To accomplish this we need to have meals at regular intervals.
• Blood sugar may be low after not eating all night; therefore, we need a meal in the morning. Not eating in the morning can cause a sugar imbalance in the blood.
• Eating breakfast can supply fiber. A breakfast (or any other meal for that matter) that includes fiber does not raise blood sugar too fast.
• Eating breakfast contributes with many vitamins and minerals that our body needs to prevent and reverse diabetes.

As you can see, breakfast is a very important meal and skipping it is not a wise move. Scientists and health experts, based on many studies, tell us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Maybe your mom has been telling you the same thing for many years, and while she may not be a scientist, her advice is supported by a lot of evidence.

We also know that children who eat breakfast get better grades at school. Have you noticed that on the days you don’t have breakfast, by ten o’clock you are paying less attention to what you are doing because you are already hungry?

Have a happy and healthy day.

 

Emilia Klapp, BS, RD
www.MediterraneanDietfortheHeart.com