Olive oil before carbs blunts early blood sugar rise in mice
A study involving mice suggests that consuming olive oil before carbohydrates can help blunt the early rise in blood sugar levels. Researchers believe this dietary sequencing strategy works by slowing gastric emptying and stimulating specific hormones.
Why it matters
This research offers a simple, non-restrictive dietary strategy that could help individuals manage blood glucose levels and treat diabetes.
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Add to Preferred Sources Olive oil administered before carbohydrates elicits early glucagon and GLP-1 responses that act in a partially redundant manner and, with involvement of vagal pathways, slow gastric emptying and attenuate the early post-meal glucose. Credit: KyotoU / Daisuke Yabe In treating diabetes, postmeal elevation of glucose levels is an important therapeutic target. Existing clinical studies indicate that eating vegetables, protein or fat before carbohydrates can moderate a postmeal rise in blood glucose, pointing to the potential of meal sequencing as a simple and sustainable dietary strategy.
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