Eating an early supper can help protect against breast, prostate cancer, says study

Having an early dinner has been shown to help people lose weight and sleep well — but new research said it might be even more beneficial than previously thought, that it can lower the risk of some of the most common and deadly cancers.

In the study published Tuesday in the International Journal of Cancer, researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain found that people who went to sleep about one to two hours after their evening meal had a 20 percent reduction in cancer risk for breast and prostate cancer.

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