Although people have always said that having a light and early dinner is better, a study by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Columbia University has provided the scientific grounds for this argument.
Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaNov 20 2024 Although people have always said that having a light and early dinner is better, a study by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Columbia University has provided the scientific grounds for this argument. According to a study published in open access format by the Nature group journal Nutrition & Diabetes , consuming more than 45% of our daily calorie intake after 5 p.m.
Maintaining high levels of glucose over long periods of time can have implications including a higher risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes, an increase in cardiovascular risk due to the damage that high glucose levels do to blood vessels, and increased chronic inflammation, which aggravates cardiovascular and metabolic damage." Experts had previously believed that the main consequence of eating dinner late in the day was weight gain.
Related StoriesThe main finding of the study is that the late eaters had a poorer tolerance of glucose, regardless of their weight or the composition of their diet. It also found that they tended to eat larger amounts of carbohydrates and fats during the evening. The importance of eating at the right time The study therefore contains an important finding in terms of its implications for health and the time of day that people eat their meals. "Until now, personal decisions in nutrition have been based on two main questions: how much we eat, and what foods to choose. With this study, a new factor in cardiometabolic health is beginning to become increasingly important: when we eat," said Díaz Rizzolo.
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