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CGM Experiment
2024-11-15
2 min read

Eating fruit on an empty stomach: the morning habit 40 million Indians are getting wrong

My glucose spiked to 148 mg/dL after eating a banana on an empty stomach. The same banana after breakfast? Barely a ripple. Here's why timing matters.

My glucose spiked to 148 mg/dL after eating a banana on an empty stomach. The same banana after breakfast? Barely a ripple.

Fruit isn't the problem — timing is. I tested the exact same fruit in two different windows of the day, and the curves told completely different stories.

Watch the side-by-side in the short below.

Watch the experiment