Some people miss meals because of a hectic lifestyle, while others deliberately do it to lose weight or improve their health, such as improving blood sugar levels.
But helping meals really help with the control of blood sugar levels, or can it be harmful?
Let us investigate how food influences blood sugar levels and what happens when you skip meals or quickly – or scroll down for the most important collection meals.
When you eat, your body breaks down macronutrients in smaller components. Carbohydrates have the greatest effect on blood sugar, because they are converted into sugars such as glucose, which enter your bloodstream and increase blood sugar levels.
In response, your pancreas releases insulin, a hormone that helps to move glucose in your cells to be used for energy or stored for later, reported reported Health.
However, skipping meals – especially breakfast – can disrupt this process.
A study from 2019 about healthy young men showed that skipping breakfast led to considerably higher blood sugar piles after lunch compared to when breakfast was eaten. This suggests that the lack of breakfast can effectively influence the body’s ability to manage blood sugar levels, which may increase the risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Similarly, a 2020 study showed that people with type 2 diabetes who skipped breakfast had a poorer blood sugar control.
Although skipping lunch or dinner can also influence blood sugar levels, the impact does not seem to have been pronounced as when breakfast is skipped.
