High intake of chocolate in morning helps reduce blood sugar and weight: Study
Written By : Dr Kartikeya Kohli
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2021-06-25 06:00 GMT | Update On 2021-06-25 08:19 GMT
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Milk chocolate has a name for contributing to weight gain due to its high fat, sugar and caloric content.
But time of eating chocolate may differentially affect energy balance and impact body weight due to changes in energy intake, substrate oxidation, microbiota composition and their function, and circadian-related variables.
Researchers at Brigham and University of Murcia in Spain have found in a new study that timing of eating milk chocolate can impact regulation of body weight.
A high intake of a rather high amount of chocolate (100 g) concentrated in a narrow (1 h) timing window in the morning could help to burn fat and reduce blood sugar levels in postmenopausal women.
The findings of the new study have been published in The FASEB Journal.
The investigators conducted a randomized, controlled, cross-over trial of 19 postmenopausal women who consumed either 100g of chocolate in the morning (within one hour after waking time) or at night (within one hour before bedtime). They compared weight gain and many other measures to no chocolate intake.
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