You should exercise at this time of day to regulate your glucose levels.

The practice of moderate to vigorous intensity exercise in the evening, that is, between 6:00 pm and 12:00 pm, appears to have a positive effect on glucose regulation in overweight or obese men and women.

A research project in which the University of Granada (UGR) is participating examined influence accumulate more physical activity moderate-intense intensity about levels glucose in adults who are overweight or obesecertifying that has a positive effect especially at the end of the day day-night schedule.

The UGR research team developed this work in collaboration with the Clínico San Cecilio and Virgen de las Nieves university hospitals in Granada, the State University of Navarra and a network of biomedical research centers on obesity, frailty and healthy aging.

Researchers Antonio Clavero Jimeno and Jonathan Ruiz from the Department of Physical and Sports Education of the Faculty of Sports Sciences and the Joint University Institute of Sports and Health of the GUR are leading this study and explain that It is unknown whether increased activity at one time of day (morning or evening) can maximize the cardiometabolic benefits of physical activity.

“Choosing the ideal time of day appears to be a novel strategy to enhance the effects of physical activity on glucose metabolism.especially in people with insulin resistance and risk of developing type 2 diabetes,” the researchers detailed, as reported by UGR in a press release.

The results of the study showed that a greater volume of physical activity of moderate and high intensity accumulates in the daytime and evening, i.e. between 18:00 and 12:00.appears to have a positive effect on glucose regulation in overweight or obese men and women.

Except, The benefits of physical activity are greater in people with some changes in glucose metabolism., such as elevated glucose, glycated hemoglobin, or fasting insulin resistance index. The results are the same for both men and women.

Study details

The study involved a total of 186 adults (50 percent of them women), aged on average 47 years, who were overweight or obese. These people carried with them 14 days accelerometer and continuous glucose monitor “measure physical activity volume and glucose levels for 24 hours every day,” they explained at UGR.

Each day is classified as “inactive” if no physical activity was accumulated, and as “morning,” “afternoon,” or “evening” if more than 50 percent of the recorded minutes of physical activity were accumulated that day. from 6:00 to noon, from 12:00 to 18:00 and finally until midnight; or as “mixed” if no defined time period accounted for more than 50 percent of physical activity for that day.

The results may have various practical applications., especially among populations at risk of “suffering from insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes,” emphasizing the importance of considering the time of day when prescribing exercise. Experts emphasized that this information could be critical to improving the effectiveness of exercise in these populations.