Human trials
Daytime meals during simulated night work
Daytime eating prevents internal circadian misalignment and glucose intolerance in night work
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What it found
Daytime eating prevented the glucose-tolerance disruption seen with day-and-night meals during this laboratory protocol.
Keep these limits in view
This was a tightly controlled experiment, not a long-term trial in workers living with rotating shifts. It does not establish a universal meal schedule or show that the approach prevents diabetes.
Understand the context
- Evidence type
- Randomized controlled laboratory experiment
- Population or scope
- Healthy young adults undergoing simulated night work
- Sample or coverage
- 19 participants
- Study duration or data period
- 14-day laboratory protocol
- Comparison
- Meals restricted to daytime versus meals during both day and night, within a controlled schedule that simulated night work.
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