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Breakfast Like a King: Three-Meal Diet Improves Type 2 Diabetes

Eating a carbohydrate-rich breakfast followed by a substantial lunch and a small dinner — the so-called "three-meal diet" (3Mdiet) — promotes weight loss and significantly improves glucose control in type 2 diabetes, a randomized, controlled trial suggests.The 3Mdiet improved glycemic control so significantly that patients could reduce their total daily insulin dose, along with the need for additional antidiabetic medications, relative to baseline, the study indicates. The findings were published in the December issue of Diabetes Care.