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Meal timing is one aspect of nutrition care in the management of diabetes shown to have significant impacts on glycemic control. This is basically eating your food at specific times of the day and remaining faithful to that. While adhering to your meal plan is incredible, you should also practice some ‘discipline’ by eating at specific times. Below are the benefits of consistent meal timing.
Reduced risk of weight gain
Weight gain in diabetes control is a marker for poor blood sugar control, especially in adults. While not all weight gain is a “bad” thing, weight gain should be closely monitored. Certain factors that cause weight gain among people living with diabetes include pregnancy, some drugs like insulin, lack of exercise, and poor dietary choices—eating your dinner 2-3 hours before bedtime regulates the amount of unused energy stored in the body. That way, you can reduce the issues of insulin insensitivity, hence good glycemic control.
Optimal glycemic control
Apart from maintaining a healthy weight, meal timing also helps your body metabolize glucose effectively. Your body can release and utilize insulin adequately when a specific meal-time pattern is followed. In the end, your post-prandial sugars are maintained to near-normal levels.
Maintaining blood sugar levels throughout the day.
When you get used to eating at specific times and the right portions, your body system adapts to that and can release certain amounts of glucose into the blood in specific amounts. This helps prevent the episodes of hypos and spikes in your blood sugar levels, thus helping achieve optimum control.
How to Eat at the “Right times”
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