{"id":909123,"date":"2026-11-07T13:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/909123\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:30:15","slug":"blood-sugar-spikes-could-hinge-on-the-order-you-eat-your-food-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/909123\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood sugar spikes could hinge on the order you eat your food, study suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"

A simple change to the order in which you eat could help blunt blood sugar spikes<\/a>, new research suggests, but experts say it\u2019s not necessarily a \u201cquick fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a study published in the journal Diabetes in October, mice that received olive oil 15 minutes before glucose \u2014 a simple sugar the body uses for energy \u2014 had a smaller early rise in blood sugar than mice given glucose first or glucose alone. The researchers also saw the effect in mice with type 2 diabetes and severe insulin deficiency.<\/p>\n

The researchers also tested other dietary fats, suggesting the response may not be unique to olive oil. The experiment offers clues about why food order may matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur findings suggest that the order in which nutrients reach the gut can engage a coordinated hormone-nerve response that changes how quickly the stomach delivers glucose to the intestine,\u201d corresponding author Dr. Daisuke Yabe of Kyoto University said in a statement.<\/p>\n

When the mice received fat before sugar, their stomachs released food into the intestine more slowly and their blood sugar rose less sharply at first.<\/p>\n

A simple change to the order in which you eat could help blunt blood sugar spikes, new research suggests, but experts say it\u2019s not necessarily a \u201cquick fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers also found that giving the mice fat first triggered early increases in two hormones, glucagon and GLP-1. Although glucagon is usually known for raising blood sugar, the researchers found that the two hormones appear to work together to help limit the rise in glucose.<\/p>\n

Yabe said the group\u2019s research is inspired by practical approaches people can sustain. \u201cMeal-sequencing is appealing because it merely changes how a meal is eaten rather than requiring people to avoid entire food groups,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The researchers, however, said further studies are needed to test meal sequencing in people.<\/p>\n

In a study published in the journal Diabetes in October, mice that received olive oil 15 minutes before glucose had a smaller early rise in blood sugar than mice given glucose first or glucose alone. Getty Images\/Connect Images<\/p>\n

The study adds to research on how food order may offer a practical way to moderate blood sugar, Huma Chaudhry, a Chicago-based registered dietitian and founder of Dose of Nutrition, told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Chaudhry also cautioned, however, that since the study was conducted on mice, \u201cWe can\u2019t assume the same results would occur in humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous human research suggests eating vegetables or protein before carbohydrates may also help moderate post-meal blood sugar, while more research is needed on olive oil specifically, she said.<\/p>\n

Previous human research suggests eating vegetables or protein before carbohydrates may also help moderate post-meal blood sugar Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe takeaway isn\u2019t that everyone should start drinking olive oil before a meal,\u201d she said, adding that there is \u201cno need to treat it like a supplement or quick fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bigger message is about building balanced meals that naturally contain healthy fats, protein, fiber and carbohydrates,\u201d Chaudhry added.<\/p>\n

The mice were fasted overnight and received olive oil and glucose separately, 15 minutes apart, which is different from people eating a typical balanced meal.<\/p>\n

At dinner, for instance, someone might eat a salad dressed in olive oil first and then have chicken and pasta, which can raise blood sugar together. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Chaudhry suggested starting with a leafy green salad dressed with olive oil before pasta, or pairing eggs with toast at breakfast. Food sequencing doesn\u2019t require separating foods by a set interval, Chaudhry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At dinner, for instance, someone might eat a salad dressed in olive oil first and then have chicken and pasta, which can raise blood sugar, together.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood order may influence blood sugar alongside the overall quality and balance of our meals,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A simple change to the order in which you eat could help blunt blood sugar spikes, new research…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3286,46188,97,5599,3284],"class_list":["post-909123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-food-drink","tag-food-safety","tag-health","tag-public-health","tag-study-says"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}