Research on intermittent fasting shows that eating earlier is associated with lower blood sugar and insulin resistance
Date: March 18, 2021
Source: Endocrine Society
Summary:
People who start eating before 8:30 a.m. have lower blood sugar and less insulin resistance, which may reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

People who start eating before 8:30 a.m. have lower blood sugar and less insulin resistance, which may reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented at ENDO 2021. , the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.

“We found that people who started eating earlier in the day had lower blood sugar and less insulin resistance, regardless of whether they restricted their food intake to less than 10 hours a day or their food intake stretched out. more than 13 hours a day”. Study leader Marriam Ali, MD, of Northwestern University in Chicago Ill.

Insulin resistance occurs when the body doesn’t respond well to the insulin the pancreas produces and glucose is less able to get into the cells. People with insulin resistance may have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Both insulin resistance and high blood sugar affect a person’s metabolism, the breakdown of food into simpler components: proteins, carbohydrates (or sugars), and fats. Metabolic disorders such as diabetes occur when these normal processes are disrupted.

“With the rise of metabolic diseases like diabetes, we wanted to broaden our understanding of nutritional strategies to help address this growing concern,” said Ali. Previous studies have found that time-restricted eating reinforces eating at short time frames each day, which has consistently demonstrated improvements in metabolic health,” she notes. Her team wanted to see if eating earlier in the day affected metabolic measures.

The researchers analyzed 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 ate: less than 10 hours, 10-13 hours, and more than 13 hours per day. They then created six subgroups based on when they started eating (before or after 8:30 a.m.).

They analyzed this data to determine if the duration and timing of meals were related to fasting blood sugar and estimated insulin resistance. Fasting blood glucose levels were not significantly different between the eating groups over time. Insulin resistance was higher with shorter eating intervals, but lower in all groups with meal initiations before 8:30 a.m.

“These findings suggest that time is more closely related to metabolic measures than time and support early eating strategies,” Ali said.

Source: Materials provided by The Endocrine Society.

Original link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210318091646.htm

Translator: Tran Phuong

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