United States: The new study indicated that timing may assist with weight reduction from fat as compared to muscle plus enhanced glycemia, or blood sugar regulation, in people with prediabetes and diabetes.
It is a form of intermittent fasting, which is far from being a vain, simple dietary regimen during which eating is only possible during a certain time period of certain days of the week.
Scientists tested TRE on those individuals with a syndrome called metabolic syndrome, meaning they are at risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease because they suffer from some of the following risk factors: obesity, diabetes, hypertension, or obtaining undesirable levels of cholesterol.
According to the CDC, type 2 diabetes affects 11.6 percent of the population of the US, and prediabetes 38 percent of the population. Circulatory diseases, particularly heart diseases, are the leading causes of death worldwide.
According to Dr. Pam Taub, the study co-author and cardiologist at the University of California, San Diego, “Patients with metabolic syndrome or prediabetes represent a third of the U.S. population and have few treatment options to prevent progression to Type 2 diabetes,” newsweek.com reported.
Moreover, “These patients are at high risk for developing Type 2 diabetes and future cardiovascular disease,” Taub added.
She added, “Our research demonstrates that intervening with a lifestyle intervention like time-restricted eating at this important time point for patients with metabolic syndrome or prediabetes can have a meaningful impact on the trajectory of their overall health and reduce the risk of future Type 2 diabetes.”
More about the time-restricted eating
Brought about by the idea of time restricted eating whereby one eats late breakfast and early dinner or one of two meals to increase the amount of time one fasts at night or even give the digestive system some ‘rest’.
In this study, 108 participants were split into two groups: One group was informed about healthy nutrition and allowed to eat; the second group also received the same information and was allowed to eat for no more than eight to ten hours at most.
According to Taub, “Humans are not designed to eat food around the clock, and it is important to give our bodies a period of metabolic rest, just like we need an adequate amount of sleep to be able to perform well,” newsweek.com reported.
“In the U.S., the average eating window is 14 hours, and many people are eating food until they sleep,” and “TRE may not be for everyone—e.g., there are no studies in patients with Type 1 diabetes—but I recommend [that] all my patients avoid late night eating.”