Night time eating may cause circadian rhythm misalignment which may increase risk of hypertension and diabetes.?
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?? In one study of 110 participants, sleep and circadian behaviors were assessed in individual’s regular routines. Individuals with high body fat consumed most of their calories 1.1 hour closer to melatonin onset, which is the start of the biological night, than did individuals with low body fat (2).? This doesn’t prove causation but is still an interesting observation.
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?? In another study, eating 30% or more of a total day’s caloric amount after 6pm was associated with a 23% increased risk of developing high blood pressure and a 19% increased risk of becoming pre-diabetic compared to individuals who ate less than 30% of their calories after 6pm (2).?
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?? This may be due to the thermic effect of food being decreased at night compared to other times of the day.?
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? When we eat matters, in addition to what and how much we eat!?
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?? A lot of my clients are too busy during the day to realize they are hunger until dinner time hits, in which they are starving. When you are starving, you a) eat quicker, b) graze, c) nothing is ever satisfying/enough.?
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?? Night time eating may also contribute to mindless eating of poor quality or high fat foods which may lead to weight gain and chronic disease.?
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? Our bodies should be at rest when we are sleeping and rebooting for the next day, if we occupy it with too much food, it may not work as efficiently which may lead to the above findings.?
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?? Night time eating may be a piece of the puzzle and the whole person needs to be evaluated to see if it is contributing to higher body fat, blood pressure or prediabetes – all contributors to heart disease.?
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? I take a whole person approach to nutrition counseling. I look at all the factors that may influence your lifestyle and we work together to optimize them to reduce your risk of a heart attack and complications of chronic disease.?
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