Drinking coffee before breakfast increases blood sugar

Drinking a cup of caffeine-containing coffee before breakfast with a low-sugar cereal may make some people at risk for type 2 diabetes, a Canadian researcher said.

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Terry Graham of Guelph University said caffeine in coffee may alter the body's sugar reactions.

Graham and two graduate students Lesley and Stia Kacker used two grains - one with low sugar and one with moderate sugar - and checking the difference in response to healthy male subjects. Drink caffeine and coffee is caffeine-filtered 1 hour before breakfast.

The study - published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - said blood sugar in subjects who consumed low-sugar cereals when they drank caffeine-containing coffee soared to 250. %, higher when drinking caffeine filtered out.

Graham said: 'Caffeine interferes with the body's response to insulin. It causes our bodies to resist insulin, which in turn makes blood sugar higher. '

Graham said that many of the spikes in blood sugar in a day could lead to adverse health effects, and those at risk for type 2 diabetes should be cautious and consider drinking. caffeine-filtered coffee.