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Scientists Discover Why Late-Night Eating Promotes Weight Gain, Diabetes

Five takeaways:

1. A new study has given us new findings that prove conclusively that making a habit of the proverbial “midnight snack” is more likely to lead to obesity and diabetes.
2. Our diets and our sleep habits have an intricate relationship based on the release of energy. Releasing energy, which we get from food, is likely to be the molecular catalyst that controls our body’s internal clocks.
3. Study authors report that eating in the daytime appears to be the most ideal or optimal time because people are more likely to dissipate the energy as heat, and more likely to burn off the calories through activity.
4. Tests on animal subjects showed that as animals become obese, they start to eat more when they should be asleep. Eating late at night creates a dependency that can be harmful.
5. These findings will affect the future of medical care. Rates of diabetes and obesity tend to be higher among hospital patients using gastric feeding tubes, and a more regulated feeding cadence that prioritizes daytime feeding might help patients get more sleep.

From John Anderer at Study Finds:
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