A recent study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital investigates the dangers of eating late. The study found that the times at which we eat “significantly impacts our energy expenditure, appetite, and molecular pathways in adipose tissue.” The study had patients in the overweight or obese ranges follow two different eating patterns: “one with a strictly scheduled early meal schedule, and the other with the exact same meals, each scheduled about four hours later in the day.” According to Nina Vujovic, PhD, “we found that eating four hours later makes a significant difference for our hunger levels, the way we burn calories after we eat, and the way we store fat.”
The Danger of Eating Late
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