Aspects of chrono-nourishment in diabetes care

Abstract

Chrono-nutrition: an emergent discipline, builds on the relationship between eating habits and time, circadian loops and the dynamics of the metabolism in humans. Chrono-nutrition balances circadian rhythms, improving metabolic well-being, and lowering the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). An expanding corpus of studies demonstrates that eating low-glycemic index (GI) meals can reduce the risk of T2D, and eating low-GI foods at dawn improves glycemic response more than eating after dusk. The utility of the GI in the avoidance and treatment of T2D is discussed in this article, along with a critical evaluation of the scientific data on chrono-nutrition taking physiological homeostasis into account hopefully treating diabetes with a specific nutrition formulation (NUC-RDM).