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AN EARLY BREAKFAST REDUCES

YOUR DIABETES RISK

Having breakfast before 8.30 in the morning reduces your risk of type 2 diabetes. Your blood sugar
levels are likely to be lower and you’ll be less insulin resistance, which is an early-warning sign for the
disease.

Starting to eat earlier in the day is the single most important factor in preventing diabetes, and is more
benef icial than other strategies, such as restricted windows of time for eating.

Researchers f rom Northwestern University in Chicago analysed data f rom 10,575 people who had taken
part in a survey that tracked their eating habits and health. They divided up the participants into three
groups based on the number of hours they ate—including ‘windows’ of less than 10 hours, 10 to 13 hours
and more than 13 hours a day—and then sub-divided those into the times they started eating.

Fasting blood sugar levels were similar in all the ‘eating window’ groups, but the real difference was
seen in those who started eating earlier in the morning, and before 8.30am. “These f indings suggest
that timing is more strongly associated with metabolic measures than duration, and support early
eating,” said lead researcher Marriam Ali.

(Source: Proceedings of the Endocrine Society annual meeting, March 18, 2021)
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