— Effects in little research study seen independent of weight reduction
by Ed Susman, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today
June 18, 2023
CHICAGO– Just 1 week of early time-restricted feeding (eTRF) cut variations in blood glucose levels, and lowered the time that blood sugar level rose, in individuals with prediabetes and a high BMI, according to the TRIO research study.
The distinction in the mean amplitude of glycemic expedition (MAGE)– the requirement for evaluating short-term within-day glycemic irregularity– was 2.9 mmol/L with a typical feeding pattern versus 2.4 mmol/L with eTRF, and the distinction was statistically considerable (P=0.001), reported Joanne Bruno, MD, PhD, of NYU Langone Health in New York City.
At an interview at ENDO 2023, the yearly conference of the Endocrine Society, Bruno kept in mind that eTRF “enhances glycemia by decreasing blood sugar level change in addition to the time that the blood sugar level rises above typical levels,” Bruno stated “These results are independent of weight reduction. Based upon these information, early time limited feeding might be a valuable dietary technique for diabetes avoidance.”
She discussed that eTRF is a kind of periodic fasting where food consumption is limited to the very first 6-8 hours of the day. “We specified early time-restricted feeding as a consuming window from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 80% of calories taken in prior to 1 p.m.,” she stated. “We discovered that simply 1 week of early-time limited feeding decreases changes in blood sugar level levels, and minimizes the time that the blood sugar level rises.”
While TRIO individuals attained the lead to the context of a monitored feeding research study, the outcomes might be generalizable.”There have actually been numerous real-world research studies taking a look at time limited feeding, not particularly early time-restricted feeding, that have actually shown expediency of a few of these procedures,” she informed MedPage Today
TRIO was a randomized, 6-day isocaloric, crossover research study that compared eTRF to normal feeding