Now, researchers from the Open University of Catalonia and Columbia University have pointed to another major benefit of this advice in terms of metabolic health, saying that eating at least 45 percent of daily calories after 5 p.m. hinders the body’s ability to regulate blood levels. Sugar In the blood.
One of the study participants, Dr. Diana Diaz Rizzolo, said: “The body’s ability to… Glucose metabolism Limited at night, because insulin secretion decreases, and the sensitivity of our cells to this hormone decreases.”
The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition and Diabetes, included 26 people between the ages of 50 and 75 who were overweight.
The people were divided into two groups: a group that ate early and a group that ate late.
Participants ate the same foods and the same amount Caloriesbut at different times of the day.
According to the results, people who ate a larger amount of food after five in the evening had higher levels of glucose, and therefore they were in a danger zone in which blood sugar levels were disturbed.
