Feeding schedules and overweight
An biological clock work confirms what experts already know: eat at night, contrary to our biological clock may lead to obesity or being an important factor that leads to it. Should therefore follow the natural activity patterns and feeding their hours.
The internal biological clock or the rhythm is the one that the rhythms of our body (eating, sleeping, being active …) with natural (stations and day / night, basically). The most important is the circadian clock that regulates the day / night cycle. An example of the importance of timing when both cycles are staggered as a result of a long plane flight and suffered for several days, the famous and nasty jet lag. This biological clock have it all living beings, including plants.
A study, conducted at Northwestern University (Illinois, USA) and published in the journal “Obesity” has explored this issue and come to an interesting result: after hours to eat natural, ie, do it at night , fat. The researchers, led by Fred Turek, held for six weeks to two groups of mice with a diet high in fat.
The first group was fed during his natural schedule (evening), ie, so rhythmically with her biological clock, the second during the day. At the end of the experiment, the second group gained weight significantly more than the first. Turek concludes that feeding against obesity facilitates biological clock. In people, that would eat at night.
Other studies abound on the same idea. For example, it was found that those who work night shifts (and therefore also tend to eat at night) tend to earn a few extra kilos. Other studies claim that people who eat after dinner are prone to gaining weight.
The reason could be that, if we do after hours we mark our biological clock, eat a little more and, moreover, energy consumption is lower. As a result of both, fatter, though experts stress that there are other factors involved in the onset of overweight or obese.
Given the above, people who have problems with the scale should take note and try to eat in obedience to her biological clock (ie, avoid it at night) and not against it. The authors of the research argue that “simply change the timing of meals can greatly affect body weight. This may be the beginning of the development of new strategies to combat obesity.” This probably will not eliminate the problem of overweight, but can be a help. And in this struggle so difficult, any help is good.