The reason why you don't eat much sweets but still get diabetes easily

The ability to process glucose — linked to diabetes risk and many other problems — can vary greatly at different times of the day.

A study recently published in the scientific journal Nutrition & Diabetes shows that instead of blaming your body's tendency to gain weight or your ability to process sugar for obesity and diabetes, you should reconsider your eating times during the day.

Scientists from the University of Oberta in Catalunya (UOC - Spain) and Columbia University (USA) pointed out that the ability to process glucose with the same amount of food will be very different in the morning and evening.

Meal timing will be related to the ability to process glucose as well as how each person chooses dishes, thereby affecting the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and many other health problems - (Illustration AI: ANH THU).

An analysis of a group of volunteers aged 50-75 who participated in a health check-up at Columbia University Irving Medical Center found that consuming 45% of the day's calories after 5 p.m. was extremely harmful.

This can lead to a host of health consequences: weight gain, excess body fat, increased risk or worsening of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes.

The reason is that from late afternoon to evening, the body's ability to process glucose is significantly reduced.

"Maintaining high glucose levels over a long period of time can lead to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, increased cardiovascular risk due to high glucose causing damage to blood vessels and increased chronic inflammation." - Dr. Diana Díaz Rizzolo from UOC, lead author, explained.

Further analysis showed that the body's ability to metabolize glucose is limited at night due to reduced insulin secretion and reduced cell sensitivity to this hormone.

It is a completely natural process, controlled by the body's circadian rhythm.

Not to mention, research has also found that in the evening, people tend to reach for less healthy foods that are high in sugar, carbohydrates, and fat.

These sources are particularly rich in glucose and also have a high glycemic index (GI), which further stresses the body.

Experts previously believed that the main consequence of eating dinner late in the day was weight gain, but new findings suggest the problem may be much more complicated.

Additionally, this may also explain why late-night eating seems to be so conducive to weight gain.

To combat this, there is only one way: Let your body be full at breakfast and lunch, and eat lighter at dinner, if you find it too difficult to eat less .