Skipping breakfast and Insulin Resistance

I think there are a lot of limitations to this study, which the authors did a good job of highlighting in their conclusion. Keep in mind that this study was only looking at adolescents, and does not take into account their eating habits/behaviors throughout the remainder of the day. Skipping breakfast may have contributed to binge eating. The quality of their diets in terms of calorie consumption and nutrition was not assessed. Glucose levels and fasting levels also were not assessed (I think they just did A1C?). And trends throughout the day would have been valuable to see.

I think it’s important to keep that in mind because I know that intermittent fasting has been really helpful for those with insulin resistance, but it’s important to be intentional with what is consumed during the feeding period.

This article is me. Using a CGM, I'm found that my glucose will remain elevated from the dawn phenomenon until I eat something, likely causing a higher A1c. Even if I go on a 20 min walk. Likeli

Sounds like bs, I'm sorry. Why would we trust generative AI in that matter? At least open the study it gives link to and screenshot findings from there.

Everyone is a unique metabolic profile. You should experiment with your meal patterns and see what works best for you. I felt better eating breakfast and lunch then skipping dinner.

I did intermittent fasting to control my A1c. I feel better on a higher carb diet. Most type 2 diabetes patients are recommended a diet lower in carbs. I felt better on the opposite diet. So I eat a low fat diet instead.

Source?

Intermittent fasting (16/8, or “skipping breakfast “)is one of the best things you can do for IR.

So i skip my breakfast and all docs i have met told me not to do it. They don’t even suggest Intermittent fasting and just told me to eat 3 times a day idk

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I have skipped breakfast all my life but when I was going through a non surgical weight loss program through my local bariatric center (bc of my PCOS and IR) they stressed for me to not skip breakfast and that if I do skip breakfast, to at least have a protein shake (like a real one too, 30g+ of protein and a 3:1 ratio of protein to carbs. There are a lot of protein shakes that have so many sugars that you’re just doing more harm than good)

This is partially how I got IR. I was eating once a day at dinner time for years. 😭

Well damn, I haven’t had breakfast ever since I was like 7 years old lol

A lot of the science backs this up.

That said, it doesn't mean intermittent fasting makes IR worse. It means skipping breakfast makes IR worse.

Early time restricted feeding is associated with greater insulin sensitivity, however. This frontloading your food into a shorter eating window, like 6 hours. Not skipping breakfast, but skipping dinner.

Why? I dunno. I know the latter is less stressful. There's the dawn effect, which indicates there is blood sugar dysregulation in the morning when we don't feed. This is just what I've seen in the literature.

What’s crazy is I’ve read skipping breakfast and fasting actually HELPS lower IR. It’s maddening to not know what is right or not

AI jumbled things up. Skipping breakfast HEALS insulin resistance, if you do it right. Be consistent, such as eating on an 18:6 a 16:8. When you eat again, eat quality proteins and lower carbs. If you fast and then eat a bowl of oatmeal, your body is going to flop from fat burning to glucose burning, and it's going to start storing fat. But I've been skipping breakfast and eating lower carb for months and am finally, finally, healing.

Nonsense. Intermittent fasting is the best way to address insulin resistance.