A study of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine had recruited 10 healthy men and 10 healthy women and asked them to eat dinner at 6 pm and 10 pm respectively before they go to bed in the lab at 11 pm.
The participants consumed the same amount of calories in both meals, and the researchers documented the levels of glucose, insulin, triglycerides, cortisol and other markers of the participants in the evening and the next morning.
The findings suggested that the participants who ate dinner at 10 pm had higher blood sugar levels (18 percent higher) and the lower fat burned (10 percent lower).
The past studies also showed that eating later may be associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, including higher waist circumference, high triglyceride levels, high blood pressure and high blood sugar, that can increase the risk of other severe diseases.
A 2018 Spanish study also discovered that eating dinner earlier or at least two hours before going to bed, seems to be linked with a lower risk of breast and prostate cancer.
Source: Malay Mail
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