My name is Igor Ivanovich, and I’m an endocrinologist with 45 years of experience. Over the years, I’ve treated thousands of patients with diabetes, prediabetes, and insulin resistance. But one day, at the age of 63, I found myself on the brink of disaster: for the first time, my fasting blood sugar level exceeded 6.1 mmol/L.

I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life dependent on pills. I didn’t want to be constantly “dependent” on medication. So I decided to take a simpler, yet systematic approach. I started with the simplest: I completely changed my breakfast. And strange as it may seem, it was this change that allowed me to return to normal blood sugar levels, and for the past seven years, they have remained stable and optimal.

Why Breakfast is Crucial

Your morning blood sugar level depends not only on what you ate the day before, but also on how you start your day.

Common morning foods, such as sweet porridge, bread with jam, or fruit yogurt, cause a sharp rise in blood sugar, followed by a strong release of insulin. The result is familiar to many: after two hours, you feel tired and irresistibly hungry, and day after day, your blood sugar levels gradually rise.

📌The journal Diabetologia notes that the first meal of the day affects the entire glycemic profile, including evening glucose levels.