Tag: GIP

A High-Protein Breakfast Can Lower Blood Sugar the Whole Day

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

Previously, I wrote about the importance of eating breakfast in lowering blood sugar the entire day — Eating rather than skipping breakfast results in lower blood sugars the whole day. This article presents a study that shows a high-protein breakfast lowers the blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes for the whole day. The…

Pistachios decrease after meal blood sugar

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

This article discusses the beneficial effects of pistachios on after-meal blood sugar. Post-prandial hyperglycemia, the spike in blood sugar after a meal, has been found to increase the risk of forming atherosclerosis. A previous article showed that post-prandial high blood sugar predicts atherosclerosis better than fasting blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c – After-meal high blood…