How eating at night affects your health, risk for diabetes

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Your body metabolizes food differently at night, and heavy eating may decrease your alertness and productivity. Photo: Pexels

 

(Christopher Curley/ Healthline) — Eating at night, out of sync with your body’s natural circadian rhythms, could put you at risk for diabetes, according to researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

That in itself isn’t new.

Previous studies have shown that nighttime eating can cause people to make poorer food choices and cause weight gain, leading to higher risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

But the Brigham and Women’s study looked specifically at how eating throughout the evening affected blood sugar levels versus eating during the day. (…)

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