Q I work late a lot, so I eat dinner late and heavily and go straight to bed. Is this habit related to prediabetes?
A Late-night overeating and lying down right after a meal keep blood sugar high for a long time, which is especially unfavorable for prediabetes. It's better to eat dinner lightly and earlier, and help blood sugar fall gently with light activity after eating.
Detailed Answer
Eating a lot late at night and going straight to bed leaves no chance to use up the sugar through activity, so blood sugar stays high for a long time and is easily stored as fat. When this habit repeats, insulin resistance grows and fuels prediabetes. If possible, eat dinner light and early, and even a 10–15 minute walk after a meal helps lower post-meal blood sugar.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang, we view late-night overeating as forcing a burden in when digestion and metabolism should be resting, causing surplus to stagnate. When stagnation builds up, metabolism is suppressed and the power to burn sugar drops, so we help correct eating habits to reduce the burden while clearing what has already accumulated and reviving the rhythm of digestion and metabolism.
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