Late-night meals trigger obesity burned up by the body. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute cautions against an extended period of snacking, suggesting instead that confining caloric consumption to an 8to 12hour period might stave off high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity. The results add to evidence suggesting that it’s not just what we eat but when we eat that matters to our health. Although the intervention has not yet been tested on humans, it has gained visibility as a potential weight loss method. In 2012, Satchidananda Panda, a Salk associate professor, showed that mice which were fed a high-fat diet, but allowed access to that diet for only eight hours per day, were healthier and slimmer than mice given access to the same food for the whole day, even though the two groups consumed the same number of calories.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:48:17 +0000
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