New research has found that intermittent fasting, a popular eating style, may help people with Type 2 diabetes to better control their blood sugar.
The study found that people with diabetes who restricted their eating to a daily 10-hour window had blood sugar levels in the normal range for about three hours longer than when they ate whenever they pleased.
The patients also experienced lower 24-hour blood sugar levels and consistently lower morning fasting glucose levels when they participated in a time-restricted eating pattern.
For the small study, 14 adults with Type 2 diabetes were asked to limit their food intake to a 10-hour window each day, with 6 p.m. being the cutoff point. They wore a continuous glucose monitoring device that measured their blood sugar every 15 minutes….