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Late dinner impairs glucose tolerance in MTNR1B risk allele carriers: A randomized, cross-over study.
Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Aug 2018
Lopez-Minguez Jesus, Saxena Richa, Bandín Cristina, Scheer Frank A, Garaulet Marta
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Late-night dinner eating is associated with increased risk for type-2 diabetes. The underlying mechanism is unclear. One explanatory hypothesis is that the concurrence of elevated circulating melatonin and high glucose concentrations (characterizing late eating) leads to impaired glucose tolerance. However, to date no study has tested the influence of physiological melatonin concentrations on...
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