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New research has shed light on how simply altering the timing of the first meal for the day could drastically reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
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To the uninitiated, type-2 diabetes occurs when the insulin that is responsible for regulating glucose and to help it fuel cells doesn’t function properly. This subjects them to a series of health complications and damage to the eyes, heart and feet.
However, researchers in their study (reported first by the Endocrine Society) have discovered that people who started eating earlier in the day had lower chances of getting type-2 diabetes.
Type-2 Diabetes food study
For the study, researchers from the Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois analysed data on the health and dietary intake of 10,574 adults in the US who had signed up in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
They categorised the subjects into six groups based on the total duration of food intake. This ranged from less than 10 hours across the day, 10-13 hours, more than 13 hours and whether they ate their first meal before or after 8:30 AM.
They then compared each group to look at how the duration and timing of food consumption affected fasting blood sugar levels as well as an idea on the levels of insulin resistance.
Researchers found that fasting blood sugar levels weren't that different in between groups. However, what they did find was that insulin resistance was the highest among those who consumed for a shorter duration throughout the day and lower in all groups that ate their first meal before 8:30 in the morning.
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Paper author and endocrinologist Marriam Ali of Northwestern University explains, “We found people who started eating earlier in the day had lower blood sugar levels and less insulin resistance. With a rise in metabolic disorders such as diabetes, we wanted to expand our understanding of nutritional strategies to aid in addressing this growing concern.”
Ali added, “These findings suggest that timing is more strongly associated with metabolic measures than duration, and support early eating strategies.”
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