08 augustus 2022 – 08:37
Time-restricted Eating (TRE), also known as a form of intermittent fasting, is a new strategy to counteract the harmful effects of eating all day long. Prescription: Limit the period of food intake and maintain a regular cycle of eating during the day and prolonged fasting in the evening and night. Recent research by Patrick Schrauwen and Charlotte Andriessen (both affiliated with Maastricht University) now shows that adults with type 2 diabetes do indeed benefit from a maximum food intake period of 10 hours a day, at least when it comes to getting their health down. blood sugar levels.The study results have been published in the scientific journal Diabetology.
Study
For this study, the researchers recruited 14 people with type 2 diabetes, ages 50 to 75 years (7 men, 7 women, mean age 67.5 years) and body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2. The study consisted of two intervention periods of 3 weeks: TRE and control (CON), always separated by a period of at least 4 weeks. The volunteers’ body weight was measured at the start of each intervention, and the participants were also fitted with a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device, which measures blood sugar every 15 minutes. Volunteers were expected to maintain their normal sleep patterns and physical activity, as well as not alter their food intake during the study. At the end of each study period, participants came to the university to measure their insulin sensitivity, liver sugar levels and metabolism, among other things. Professor Patrick Schrauwen: “We found that blood sugar, measured over several 24-hour days, was consistently lowered by TRE, and was also significantly lower at night”
Diet
During TRE, participants were instructed to consume their normal diet within a 10-hour period during the day and not to eat or drink anything after 6 p.m. (except water, regular tea, or black coffee). During CON, volunteers were only required to spread their normal food intake over at least 14 hours, with no further restrictions. “Our study shows that TRE is a safe and feasible way to improve sugar levels in adults with type 2 diabetes,” said study researcher Charlotte Andriessen. “Our study showed no changes in insulin sensitivity, mitochondrial function or metabolism. More and longer studies are therefore needed to investigate exactly how blood sugar is lowered and whether there are also other beneficial health effects in the longer term.”
Source: Maastricht University
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