Good for diabetics: eating on the biological clock to adjust

According to a study by the University of Tel Aviv, our metabolism and our biological clock have been optimized for the food in the Morning and fasting in the evening and in the night: Many type 2 diabetics were able to your Insulin and diabetes medicines reduce, if you took three instead of six meals consisting of a carbohydrate-rich Breakfast, a normal lunch and a small dinner passed.

The researchers compared to 29 type 2 diabetic patients, the effects of three or six meals per day. Instead of the usually for diabetics recommended six meals, the study participants took twelve weeks early and carbohydrate-rich Breakfast with bread, pastries and fruit, a hearty lunch, and a small, low-carbohydrate dinner. While the participants lost in the comparison group with six meals per day, no weight and no change in the sugar metabolism occurred in the group with the three meals a weight loss and improvement of Diabetes.

"The need for anti-diabetes medicines, especially insulin doses, is significantly decreased. Some were even on Insulin verzichten", Prof. Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz of Tel Aviv University describes the results. In addition, the diet had improved, with three meals, the function of the biological clock, resulting in a balanced day – and night-time glucose metabolism was. "This suggests that the 3-meals-a diet is only in the control of Diabetes more effectively. You can also prevent many other complications such as cardiovascular diseases, aging and cancer, the zusammenhängen&quot with the biological clock;, so Jakubowicz.

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