Diabetes Risk: Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) compared two different diets: a time-restricted, intermittent fasting diet and a reduced-calorie diet to see which worked more for those was beneficial to those who were developing type 2 diabetes.
“Following a time-restricted, intermittent fasting diet may help reduce your chances of developing type 2 diabetes,” said senior author Professor Leonie Heilbronn, from the University of Adelaide’s Adelaide Medical School.
“Those who fasted three days during the week, eating only between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. on those days, showed greater tolerance to glucose after 6 months than those on a daily, low-calorie diet.” Participants who followed the intermittent fasting diet were more sensitive to insulin and experienced even greater reductions in blood lipids than those following the low-calorie diet.”
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body’s cells do not respond effectively to insulin and it loses its ability to produce the hormone, which is responsible for controlling glucose in the blood. It is estimated that about 60 percent of type 2 diabetes cases can be delayed or prevented with diet and lifestyle changes.
Around 1.3 million Australians are currently living with a condition for which there is no cure. More than 200 participants were recruited from South Australia in the 18-month study, which was published in Nature Medicine, a scientific journal.
Participants on both the time-restricted, intermittent fasting diet and the low-calorie diet experienced similar amounts of weight loss. First author Xiao Tong Teong said, “This is the largest study ever conducted in the world and the first to assess how the body processes and uses glucose after eating a meal, which is a predictor of diabetes risk.” better indicator.” A PhD student at the University of Adelaide.”
The results of this study add to a growing body of evidence indicating that meal timing and fasting advice enhance the health benefits of restricted calorie diets independently of weight loss, and this may be influential in clinical practice. Is.
Further research is needed to examine whether the same benefits are experienced with slightly longer feeding periods, which may make the diet more sustainable in the long term.