- Early time-restricted feeding is when a person limits their daily eating to the first 6 to 8 hours of the day.
- Researchers say this eating pattern can help stabilize fluctuations in blood glucose levels and lower the risk of developing prediabetes.
- Experts say one reason early time-restricted feeding is effective is that it allows for people to be physically active after they’ve finished eating for the day.
Early time-restricted eating can improve fluctuations in blood glucose levels.
That’s according to a study presented today at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting.
In their findings, which haven’t been published yet in a peer-review journal, researchers report that this form of intermittent fasting can also reduce the amount of time blood glucose levels are above normal levels.
“Our research shows that just one week of following this diet strategy reduces fluctuations in blood sugar levels and reduces the time that the blood sugar is elevated above normal levels,” Dr. Joanne Bruno, a study author and an endocrinology fellow at NYU Langone Health in New York, said in a press statement.
“This suggests early time-restricted feeding may be a helpful strategy for those with prediabetes or obesity to keep their blood sugars in a normal range and prevent them from progressing to type 2 diabetes,” she added.
Early time-restricted feeding is a form of eating that restricts eating to only the first 6 to 8 hours in the day.
To examine the impact of this method of dieting on blood glucose levels, the researchers developed a study in which they compared early time restricted eating with a usual diet pattern.
Ten participants who had prediabetes or obesity were allocated to either the early time restricted feeding group where they ate 80% of their calories before 1 p.m. or the usual feeding pattern group, where they ate 50% of their…
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