Study: If You Want To Lose Weight, Don’t Eat Dinner After 6 PM
Eating dinner earlier could have its advantages. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University found that eating just before bedtime raises one’s risk of gaining weight. Eating late also increases one’s risk for developing type 2 diabetes by increasing blood sugar levels. Researchers compared people who ate dinner at 6 p.m. to people who ate dinner at 10 p.m. They found those who consistently ate later faced the highest aforementioned risks.
Study author Dr. Jonathan Jun adds, “The effect of late eating varies greatly between people and depends on their usual bedtime. If the metabolic effects we observed with a single meal keep occurring chronically, then late eating could lead to consequences such as diabetes or obesity.” Studies concluded that blood sugar levels were higher, and the amount of ingested fat burned was lower following the later dinner, even when the same meal was provided at the two different times.
