WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Midnight raids on the refrigerator may have worse consequences than indigestion — a study in mice boosts the theory that when you eat affects whether the calories go to your hips or get burned off. Mice fed during the daytime — when they normally would be sleeping — gained more weight than mice fed at night, Fred Turek of Northwestern University in Illinois and colleagues found. They ended up weighing 7.8 percent more than night-fed mice. This held even though the mice were fed identical amounts of food and exercised the same amount, they said in the study published on Friday in the International Journal of Obesity.
“Simply modifying the time of feeding alone can greatly affect body weight,” they wrote.
“Mice fed a high-fat diet only during the ‘right’ feeding time (i.e., during the dark) weigh significantly less than mice fed only during the time when feeding is normally reduced (i.e., during the light).”
The finding might help people trying to lose weight, the researchers said.
It may be possible to simply change the timing of meals and snacks, they said. That could mean eating more in the daytime and cutting back on the late-night ice cream.
Girltalk 24/7: Great Post to put up during the labor day weekend, huh? I’ve always heard that it was unhealthy to eat at wee hours in the morning but this study proves that timing does effect how your body reacts to food. Remember, the study said both groups of rats were fed the same amount of food and excercised the same amount of time. Sometimes, I won’t eat dinner knowing that me and the girls will grab a naughty bite after the club – that doesn’t matter. If your body is used to be active during the daytime, that is the best time period to consumer food. Ugh .. time for me to cut back on late night eating!
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