Time-Restricted Eating Found Equally Effective to Calorie Counting for Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Weight Loss and Blood Sugar Control

Study Finds Time-Restricted Eating Helps Manage Type 2 Diabetes Without Counting Calories; Participants Lost More Weight and Controlled Blood Sugar Levels, Suggesting the Approach Could Provide Alternative to Traditional Diets

• - Based on a new randomized clinical trial involving 75 people with type 2 diabetes, time-restricted eating can result in weight loss and improved blood sugar control, comparable to calorie counting.
• - Participants in the time-restricted eating cohort ate within an 8-hour window and naturally cut out about 300 calories per day, despite not being directed to reduce calorie intake.
• - While the time-restricted eating group saw a 3.6% reduction in weight, calorie counters only experienced a 1.8% loss, linked to the tediousness of logging food intake.
• - Significantly, both diet groups had notable improvements in A1C, a blood sugar level indicator, dropping it by about 0.9%. Both approaches also led to equal reductions in visceral belly fat, which is linked to diabetes and other health diseases.
• - Experts note that time-restricted eating is a strategy rather than a magic solution to weight loss. The overall diet quality is emphasised as more crucial than the timing of food intake.

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