Not only the choice of food, but also the time period in which it is consumed can promote diabetes.
According to researchers, breakfast in particular plays an essential role.
Do you always have breakfast before 8.30 a.m.?
This could enormously prevent the development of the metabolic disease diabetes, according to the result of a study carried out by researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago.
People who started eating before 8:30 a.m. had lower blood sugar levels and less insulin resistance, which could reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes
, according to the study, presented at the Endocrine Society's annual ENDO 2021 meeting, of the international medical organization in the field of endocrinology and metabolism.
"We found that people who
started eating earlier in the day had
lower blood sugar levels and less insulin resistance, regardless of whether they restricted their food intake to less than ten hours a day or divided their food intake into more than 13 hours a day." according to lead researcher Marriam Ali, MD of Northwestern University in Chicago.
Prevent diabetes - with longer breaks between meals and early breakfast
Insulin resistance occurs when the body no longer responds as well to the insulin produced by the pancreas and the glucose is less able to penetrate the cells, according to a press release by the Endocrine Society.
Insulin resistance and a high blood sugar level would negatively affect the metabolism and
increase
the
risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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When you have breakfast affects your risk of diabetes, according to study results from US researchers.
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"With metabolic disorders such as diabetes on the rise, we wanted to broaden our understanding of nutritional strategies to address this growing problem," said the Endocrine Society researcher Ali.
Previous studies have shown
that limited time eating, in which food intake is concentrated for a short period of time during the day, improves metabolic health
.
Ali and her team wanted to find out if eating earlier in the day affects metabolic levels.
Time of meals arguably has more influence on diabetes risk than time of food intake
The researchers analyzed the data from 10,575 adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
They divided the participants into three groups, depending on the total time they consumed food: less than ten hours, ten-13 hours, and more than 13 hours per day.
They then formed six subgroups based on the starting time of the meal duration (before or after 8:30 am).
Insulin resistance was higher with shorter eating intervals, but lower in all groups that started eating before 8:30 a.m.
"
These results suggest that timing is more closely associated with metabolic readings than duration
," Ali said.
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