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While high-energy breakfast increases total glucose and insulin exposure, it does not significantly alter 24-hour mean glucose or glycaemic variability as measured by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) compared to low-energy breakfast.
Don't worry if your 24-hour glucose monitor looks the same regardless of when you eat your biggest meal. However, be aware that a large breakfast causes higher spikes and deeper dips in glucose throughout the day, which may have long-term vascular implications even if the average looks normal.
ModerateQualifiesMEDIUM confidence
Twenty-four-hour (24 h) CGM revealed no differences in mean glucose and total AUC between conditions.
Why this rating
Same study limitations as N1.
Source
Impact of First Meal Size during Prolonged Sitting on Postprandial Glycaemia in Individuals with Prediabetes: A Randomised, Crossover Study
Evelyn B. Parr et al. · Nutrients · 2018
DOI 10.3390/nu10060733
crossover · n=13Cited 8×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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