According To A Research, When You Eat May Determine How Hungry You Feel

Oct, 2022 - By WMR

We are all aware that eating later in the day contributes to weight gain, but why?

A recent research examined this issue by contrasting subjects who had the identical meals at various times throughout the day.

When everything else is constant, does the time we eat matter? stated the study's first author Nina Vujovi, a researcher at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital who specialises in sleep and circadian disorders.

Yes, was the response. According to a research published on Tuesday in the journal Cell Metabolism, eating later in the day doubles the likelihood that you'll feel more hungry.

We discovered how eating later than four hours significantly affects our hunger levels, how many calories we burn after eating, and how much fat we retain, according to Vujovi. "Together, these alterations may explain why eating beyond a certain time is linked to an increased risk of obesity, as observed by other research, and offer novel molecular insight into the underlying processes," the authors write.

According to experts, the study lends credence to the idea that circadian rhythm, which impacts important physiological processes like body temperature and heart rate, influences how our systems absorb fuel.

According to a professor of psychiatry and psychology, Dr. Bhanu Prakash Kolla at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine as well as consultant to the Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine and Division of Addiction Medicine, the study did demonstrate that eating later causes.

Although other researchers have connected eating later to weight gain, this study did not evaluate weight loss and hence cannot demonstrate a direct relationship, according to Kolla, a non-participant in the study. Additionally, he added, studies have connected skipping breakfast to obesity.

"Therefore, rather than having dinner late, may missing breakfast have caused these results? To take that impact into account for this investigation, "said Kolla.