Reduce Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes with This Diet!

A new study shows that following a popular weight loss plan could pave the way for better blood sugar control.

Professor Krista Varadi said: “Many traditional weight loss diets involve calorie counting, which can be cumbersome and difficult to follow.”

Thus, it is possible to stick to a more affordable diet plan known as “time-limited meals”.

“Time-limited eating without counting calories has become a popular weight loss strategy because it’s so easy to do,” Varadi added.

In collaboration with researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Faraday investigated the effects of time-restricted food intake.

90 obese adults were recruited and participants were randomly assigned to participate in different meal times.

Some of the participants only had to eat between noon and 8 pm and had regular visits with a nutritionist.

Those who ate restricted meals ended up eating 425 fewer calories per day than the control group, who could eat normally.

Additionally, the mealtime restricted group also lost an average of about 12 pounds after one year of following the controlled diet plan.

“It’s not clear if (the diet plan) is effective for weight loss, especially in the short term,” Varadi said.

Diabetes UK notes that obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

In fact, obesity is thought to be responsible for up to 85% of the risks associated with high blood sugar.

By sticking to a time-limited diet plan and thus losing weight, you can reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Nutrition experts from the University of Colorado who were not involved in the study commented on the study. The findings may partly help guide clinical decision making by taking individual preferences into account rather than simply selecting the diet that may be most effective. They highlight the significant individual variability in weight loss with these interventions. More research is needed to determine who will benefit the most from each of these interventions.

Source: Express