Rutgers University researchers conducted a thorough study of the metabolic differences between different
People who work better in the evenings and latego to bed, are informally known as owls. Previous studies have shown that night owls are more likely to suffer from diabetes and neurological disorders. In addition, their risk of death is 10% higher than that of early risers.
In addition to social and behavioral factors suchJust as irregular diets or lack of physical activity lead to poor health in night owls, scientists do not know whether those who tend to be active at night have fundamental metabolic differences from early risers.
In the new study, researchers focused on this particular issue by carefully studying 51 volunteers, half of whom were night owls and the rest early risers.
All participants were around 50 years of age andrelatively sedentary lifestyle. All did not have serious illnesses such as diabetes or cancer, but all had mild metabolic syndrome. Its symptoms are high blood pressure, elevated fasting glucose levels and an increase in waist circumference.
The group was observed for a week totrack physical activity patterns before participants were called into the laboratory for daytime metabolic tests. Scientists wanted to test how the body processes fats and carbohydrates into energy.
The results showed that early risers are moresensitive to insulin and better at using fat for energy compared to night owls. In contrast, night owls relied more on processing carbohydrates for energy and showed signs of insulin resistance.
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