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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Eating after 6pm could be bad news for your heart because the digestive system is less efficient at night leading to a greater risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes

For decades, we’ve been told that a calorie is a calorie and as long as we eat fewer of them than we burn, we’re sure to lose weight.

Increasingly, though, it seems that when it comes to staying healthy, it’s not only what you eat that matters, but when you eat.

This may be all down to our circadian rhythms. These 24-hour cycles govern everything from when we feel sleepy to when our immune cells are most active, enabling our bodies to prepare for regular events — including the arrival of food.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh now it's 6 it use to be 7. No one gets out alive live it up now ! Who want's to be a sick old person on the dole ? Better to drop dead working.

Anonymous said...

Most people I no eat at 6 or later and can’t figure out why they are over weight.

Anonymous said...

I need to get a handle on that.

Anonymous said...

More studies. Blah blah blah.

Anonymous said...

Some of us don't get off work until late. The alternative is a fast not healthy dinner. With work & kids we don't have the time to prepare a good meal. I try to use the crock-pot as much as possible but the truth is its become our life-style and its hard to overcome. My granny used to make dinner and we would eat at 4 - 5 pm, those were some good home-cooked meals !

Anonymous said...

Unrealistic!
Most of us work until 5pm!
WTF are we supposed to do?
We need to have a study on stupid studies!

Anonymous said...

Get off work at 5, and get home at 6. When the hell am I supposed to eat?