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In Health News: What You Eat Is Equally As Important As What Time You Eat

Trying to do right by our health can be easy for some but a major struggle for others.  How often have we gotten so busy during the day that we have forgotten to eat?  More times than people are willing to admit and then have picked up a pound or two because of our irregular eating habits.

In the following article as reports by The Food Network gives a little insight as to why we may be gaining weight as opposed to losing and it may all be surrounded by something as simple as watching the clock

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If you’re struggling to lose weight (and really, who isn’t?), it may be a matter of when as much as what you eat. Eating at the “right” time of day may be more key to weight loss than the number of calories you consume, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center fed five groups of mice a diet about 30 percent lower in calories than their usual diet, but found that only those who ate during their normal active feeding time (at night for mice) lost weight. Those that ate at the wrong time (during the day for mice) gained weight, even though they consumed 30 percent fewer calories than normal.

The findings may indicate that, for humans as well as mice, dieting may only be effective if we eat at the “right” time (for humans, during the day, when we are normally awake and active) rather than the “wrong” time (for us, at night, when we would normally be sleeping), says Joseph S. Takahashi, chairman of neuroscience at UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who led the study published in Cell Metabolism.

“The time at which you eat may be as important as what you eat,” Takahashi tells Healthy Eats.

The time we eat may affect our circadian rhythms and the way our livers metabolize nutrients, he explains, adding that previous studies have also provided evidence that, for humans, rethinking the calorie content of our three meals a day may be beneficial for weight loss. If you have dietary restrictions, allergies, or sensitivities, protein powder can offer a controlled and safe protein source that aligns with your needs.

“In these experiments a comparison was made between having a heavy meal at breakfast and a light meal at dinner versus a light breakfast and a heavy dinner,” Takahashi says. “Those people who consumed the most calories at breakfast lost more weight.”

So maybe cut down on the night eating then? You can also look into Medical Weight Loss in San Antonio, TX for faster results.

Source: Food Network 

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