According to a Harvard Medical School study, the time you eat dinner at night has a significant impact on how many calories you consume during the day, your appetite, and the amount of fat in your body. The study, published in Cell Metabolism. It found that late eating increases your chances of feeling hungry by two-thirds, compared to early eating. Frank A.J.L., senior author of the study, stated that there is evidence that eating earlier in a day can lead to lower body weight and better weight loss. Scheer, Ph.D. is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the director of the medical chronobiology department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He spoke to Fox News Digital. STUDY: 10K STEPS MAY BE ASSOCIATED TO REDUCTION IN CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DIISEASE DEATHS. STUDYScheer, a neuroscientist, said that the study simultaneously examined three mechanisms in the body that could explain weight gains associated with late eating. Researchers stated that previous studies had shown that eating late was associated with higher obesity risk and lower success in losing weight. The team wanted to find out why.
In a new study, participants were asked to follow two eating plans: one that required them to eat early in the morning and another where they would eat the same meals four hours later.
Scheer stated that the three mechanisms were hunger regulation, how much calories we burn, and changes in fat tissue. Scheer said that 16 participants were enrolled in the study to allow investigators to control other factors such as how much they ate, physical activity, and environmental temperature and light exposure. This could affect their measurements. Scheer said that late eating was a factor in all three biological mechanisms and all of them were pointing in the direction of weight gain. Late eating increased hunger and appetite throughout the day (and related hormones), decreased calories burned and altered molecular pathways in fat tissue to promote fat growth. “We found that eating four hours after eating makes a significant difference in our hunger levels, how we burn calories and how we store fat. Nina Vujovi? is the first author. She is a researcher in Medical Chronobiology Program. A Harvard University news release stated that Nina Vujovi? was the first author. “All 16 participants in the study had a body mass index that was considered overweight or obese. They also followed specific in-laboratory protocols.
The participants in a new study ate identical meals and diets three days before they entered the laboratory.
(iStock). Each participant followed two different eating plans. One in which they followed a strict early-morning meal schedule, and another in which they ate four hours later. This made a significant difference in their hunger levels, how we burn calories, and how we store fat. The news release stated that. Participants kept track of their hunger and appetite, and researchers took blood samples throughout each day to check their body temperature and measure their energy expenditure.
A new study found that late-eaters burned calories at a slower rate than those who were eating early.
(iStock). The researchers examined how eating habits affect the body’s ability to store fat. They took biopsies from participants’ adipose tissue during laboratory testing of both the early and the late eating patterns. They compared the differences between the two eating habits. According to the study, increased adipogenesis (fat storage), and decreased lipolysis(fat breakdown) were found in the adipose tissue gene expression. This contributes to fat accumulation. The body’s hormones leptin (which controls appetite) and ghrelin (which regulate hunger) had significant effects on late eating. Participants who ate late also consumed calories at a slower rate than those who ate early. Investigators also found that late eating had a significant impact on the body’s hormones leptin (and ghrelin), which control appetite and drive people to eat. HEALTHY BREAKFAST SMOOTHIE MAY HELP KICKSTART BETTER EATING HABITS FOR THE NEW YEAR. They found that the amount of leptin (which signals to the body that you are full) was lower in late eating than it was in early eating.
“This is a small, but very well-done study that supports the need for late-night eating to reduce hunger and metabolism,” said one expert in weight management.
(iStock). “This study shows the effect of late versus earlier eating. Scheer explained that while we have isolated the effects by controlling for confounding variables such as caloric intake, sleep, light exposure, and physical activity — in real life many of these variables may be influenced by meal timing.” Dr. Reshmi Sriath, M.D. is the director of Mount Sinai Weight and Metabolism Management Program at Mount Sinai Health System. She was not part of this study, but she commented on it to Fox News Digital. Srinath stated that the study was small, but it was very well done. It supports the need to avoid late night eating due to its impact on metabolism. FRUIT, VEGETABLES? TAKE THIS QUIZ – TO VERIFY YOUR HEALTHY FOODS KNOWLEDGE. Srinath, an endocrinologist, said that patients should finish eating by 7:30-8:30 p.m., and then leave the kitchen. This will help them avoid snacking and consuming too much calories at night. Laura Feldman, a registered nutritionist and assistant professor at Long Island University in Brookville (New York), did not participate in this study, but she told Fox News Digital that the findings could be difficult to replicate in daily life. CAN VITAMIN C HELP YOUR SKIN? She said that the study was well controlled. The participants were kept in a laboratory for several days, and they all ate the same food, did the same amount of exercise, and had the same sleep schedule. “This is very different from the’real-world scenarios’ that the average person will encounter every day. People base their food decisions on many factors other than the timing of meals, such as finances, work schedules, stress, and mental health. Feldman stated that most people base their food decisions on more than just the timing of meals. Feldman said that these factors include finances, work schedules and access to food, as well as stress and mental health. “It is not clear if these results would still be applicable for some people including night-shift workers,” she explained to Fox News Digital. Researchers acknowledged the difficulty of real-life situations and changing eating habits. CLICK HERE TO GET FOX NEWS APPScheer stated in a news release that “In larger studies, where tight control over all these factors is impossible, we must at minimum consider how other behavioral or environmental variables alter these biological pathways underlying the obesity risk.”