Scientists from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health found that eating breakfast after 9 a.m. increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Research results published In International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE).
More than one hundred thousand people without diabetes participated in the study. Scientists observed the subjects for seven years and analyzed their eating habits. At the end of the observation, the researchers collected information about the participants’ health conditions and took blood tests from them.
It was found that eating breakfast after nine in the morning increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 59 percent. People who had breakfast early (before eight in the morning) were less likely to get this disease. Researchers also found that eating small meals five times a day was associated with a lower incidence of diabetes.
Scientists recommend having dinner before seven in the evening and breakfast before eight in the morning. They emphasized that with this diet, the body is in a state of overnight fasting for the optimal period; They emphasized that an early dinner can improve sleep quality and lower blood sugar levels.
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