Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Who Skip Breakfast May Experience Spikes In Blood Sugar Throughout The Day.

Skipping breakfast may have made it difficult for the pancreas to produce the right amount of insulin to properly control blood sugar, Jakubowicz said. Normally, beta cells in the pancreas release insulin in response to elevated levels of sugar in the blood. Missing the morning meal may cause the beta cells to “forget their vital role,” she said, delaying the release of insulin and allowing blood sugar levels to remain high for longer periods of time after lunch and dinner. Because the study only included people with diabetes, it’s not clear whether healthy people would experience similar blood sugar spikes after skipping breakfast, the researchers acknowledge. It’s also unclear how long the blood sugar spikes might last. It’s also possible that the last meal the night before might influence blood sugar the following day regardless of whether or not they ate breakfast http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/28/us-health-diabetes-breakfast-idUSKCN0Q22AO20150728