Scientists have found out that eating early and avoiding late dinners reduce the risk of developing dangerous cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks and strokes.
The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Communications, and are briefly described in a press release on MedicalXpress, UAINFO.org informs.
The researchers analyzed data from 103,389 participants in the NutriNet-Sante cohort study (79 percent of whom were women with an average age of 42) to examine the relationship between food consumption patterns and cardiovascular disease. To reduce the risk of possible error, the researchers took into account a large number of additional factors, including age, gender, marital status, quality of diet, lifestyle and sleep cycle.
The results show that a later first meal (for example, skipping breakfast) is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, with the risk increasing by six percent for every hour of delay. For example, a person who eats for the first time at 9 a.m. is six percent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than a person who eats at 8 a.m.
Eating late (after 9 p.m.) is associated with a 28 percent increased risk of cerebrovascular disease, such as stroke, compared to eating before 8 p.m., especially in women.
Finally, a longer duration of nocturnal fasting (between the last meal of the day and the first meal of the next day) is associated with a reduced risk of cerebrovascular disease.
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