Late evening meal adversely affects women's health

A recent U.S. study has shown that mealtimes can affect women's cardiomatic health, and that eating more calories after 18.00 is accompanied by less cardiovascular health.

A recent study suggests that consuming a meal earlier in the day can contribute to weight loss compared with eating later in the day, which affects cultivation and slows down metabolicism.

Early studies have shown that late foods increase signs of inflammation that are usually associated with diabetes and heart disease, and other studies conducted in mice and people have shown that time - consuming can help control blood sugar levels, reports Medical News Today.

Recent research, presented at the Congress of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Philadelphia, suggests that consuming more calories at night could negatively affect women's cardiovascular health.

The leading author of the Nour Makaram study at Columbia University, along with her colleagues, had followed the dietary habits of 112 women at an average age of 33 years for one year.

They investigated the cardiovascular health of participants in the study at the beginning and a year later with the help of the “program Lifetimes Simple 7”, which estimates seven variable risk factors presented by the AHA.

Participants were monitored for blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, physical activity, diet, body weight, and smoking habits. Based on these factors, scientists calculated the outcome of cardiovascular health for each of them.

The study revealed that women who consumed the most calories after 18.00 were more prone to worse cardiovascular health. For those who consumed more food later, cardiovascular risk factors deteriorated. An increase in blood pressure, blood sugar, and body weight was observed.

In fact, for every percent of the increase in calories after 18.00, the result of their cardiovascular health fell to the same degree.

These preliminary results show that people who care for the time and quantity of calories when it comes to food in the evening contribute to reducing the risk of heart disease “, Makaram said, adding that in order to be more reliable, additional studies should be done in a larger sample and among different women's populations.