Posted on 07/28/2023 8:25:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
Losing weight is often a goal for people with type 2 diabetes, which is strongly associated with being overweight or obese. However, it hasn't been clear what dieting strategy works best.
A randomized controlled study of people with type 2 diabetes showed that study participants who restricted eating to between noon and 8 p.m. daily lost more weight than those who reduced their overall calorie intake by counting calories. Both dieting strategies produced similar improvements in blood sugar levels.
Participants were placed into one of three groups: time-restricted eating, calorie restriction, or control.
The people in the time-restricted eating group ate only between noon and 8 p.m. while the calorie restriction group could eat at any time of the day but counted their calories on the MyFitnessPal mobile app with a goal of reducing their caloric intake by 25% of the "calories needed" to maintain their current weight. The control group continued eating their normal diet.
Over the six-month study, the researchers found that the people on the time-restricted eating diet lost 3.55% of their body weight relative to the control group. This would be the equivalent of a person weighing 275 pounds losing just under 10 pounds. The calorie restriction group did not lose any weight relative to the control group. Compared to the control group, blood sugar (HbA1C) levels decreased in both the time-restricted group (-.91%) and the calorie restriction group (-.95%).
"Our study shows that time-restricted eating can be a good alternative for those with type 2 diabetes who want to lose weight and improve their blood sugar," said Pavlou. "However, there are multiple types of medications for those with type 2 diabetes. Therefore, it is important to work closely with a dietitian or doctor when implementing this dieting approach."
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I can say I prefer time restricted eating, with lower carb intake. I don’t have diabetes, but I’m just enjoying not being tied to any food.
Less calories, more movement, mostly plant based.
Get skinnier
Don’t carb load
Review.
stop eating so much.
Participants were placed into one of three groups: time-restricted eating, calorie restriction, or control.
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Interesting results, but not surprising, since it sounds like they are skipping breakfast, which means if they have a normal dinural cycle (sleep at night) they will be fasting in the morning. Many admonish that this isn’t a good way to diet as it “slows your metabolism”.
What I find more interesting is that it’s comparing three things (two methods and a control) but not a carb restricted diet. That’s an odd exclusion for type-2 diabetes.
Low to almost no carb intake everyday and I lost 50lbs in 8 months. Still keeping it off after one year. I now try to limit my carbs to less than 60 per meal.
“Carbohydrate intake was not addressed.”
Anyone with a real-time blood sugar monitor will know EXACTLY what the benefit is with restricting carbs, versus the usual carb-loading (where their blood sugar spikes for an extended period).
But they aren’t permitted to disclose that option (basically going Keto), as the Leftists are trying to get people to STOP eating meat (which has zero carbs if unprocessed), and will soon stop trying and FORCE people to stop eating meat.
I’m thinking for my pre-diabetes(type 2) that the time restriction and modest calories may help more than the Mounjaro I am injecting (when it’s not out of stock).
Cutting back on carbs will help.
Not eliminating them completely, like in keto, but just watching them.
THe book The Zone explains it very well.
Also a Swedish study noted that a 1/2hour walk/day is needed to cause the body to use up the excess blood sugar that it cannot store inside the body.
For breakfast I usually do oatmeal (old fashioned rolled oats) and eggs.
I don’t eat cold boxed cerial - not any of it (I can’t without raising my blood
sugar too much).
Baked goods are made mostly of almond flour - but I also use coconut flour, oat
flour, buckwheat flour, and sparingly some whole wheat flour.
Pancakes made of half coconut flour are darn good!
I eat no white flour, no rice (not even brown) - and keep the glycemic index
of all other foods pretty low.
I use lots of herbs and spices, erythritol (instead of sugar).
If you become a pretty good cook it is surprising how tasty & yummy you can
make your meals - as well as what substitutions can ‘work’.
For instance I cannot eat white potatoes - so no regular french fries -
but sweet potato fries actually taste BETTER than regular fries.
Etc-cetera....
Frustrating as I’ve never had a weight problem and work physically and walk every day.
Been on meds for diabetes 20 years.
Dr currently has me wearing a monitor to see what’s actually happening and when. Guessing a funky liver and I’m not a drinker either.
Not mentioned even once. In fact, the words "carb" and/or "carbohydrate" were not even in the article.
Makes one wonder if medicalxpress.com receives any advertising revenue or is otherwise supported by or invested in by Kellogg's, General Mills, Quaker Oats, Coca-Cola, etc.
Low carb and eating in an 8-hr window is easy and works. I’m not diabetic, pre-diabetic, or obese, but I’ve been doing both for the last 4 months and -poof - 20 pounds down. And despite eating tons of meat, cheese, butter, eggs, cholesterol levels are steady.
The study says what the study says. Medical Xpress has nothing to do with that. They are just a decent place to collect the latest study synopsizes.
If the researchers don’t mention something, it also won’t show up in the summary write up.
On a positive note, reducing carbs should only enhance the benefits. It’s a “win-win,” if you think about it—which is pretty cool.
What should be done if someone has pre-diabetes / borderline type 2 diabetes, but doesn’t need to lose weight (BMI 24)? I have read that being too thin may be harmful for the elderly. Does keto diet and / or time-restricted eating automatically lead to losing weight?
I agree. Calories in/calories out.
In modern America, being too thin is so rare as to be an insignificant outlier.
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