When should you dine for lower cholesterol and healthier hearts?

The foods you choose can make a big difference, since your liver constantly produces and removes cholesterol by getting signals from what you eat.

But research is also showing a less visible part of the puzzle: mealtime. A growing number of scientific research in the field of nutrition suggests that mealtimes, especially dinners, can affect the way your body processes fat at night, reports Eating Well.

Is there a better time for dinner?

The answer is, to some extent, yes. Dietologists agree that eating earlier is generally better than eating later, but they stress that mealtimes alone will not magically change your results. Your meal schedules are as important as what you put on your plate. To understand why experts recommend eating earlier, it is helpful to know what happens to your body after darkness, writes Index.hr, broadcasts Clancosova.tv.

Your body is less efficient in removing fat at night

There's not a single ideal time to have dinner, but I generally recommend finishing your meal two to three hours before bedtime. For example, if you go to bed about 10 p.m., you should have dinner at 7 or 8 p.m.”, says registered dietologist Jackie Bridson.

The explanation is at our inner hour. The liver, the organ that produces and cleans cholesterol, works at a circus rhythm and responds strongly to mealtime. Our metabolism naturally slows down at night, which makes our body less efficient in removing fat from blood flow. This could lead to higher levels of triglycerides over the time of”, Bridson explains.

Science supports this eating of the same meal later in the evening instead of being earlier in the day can increase triglyceride levels. Plus, eating late on a regular basis is accompanied by a weaker lipic profile and higher overall cardiomatbolic risk.

Eating a dinner earlier is good for your heart

Eating dinner long before bedtime can benefit your heart in other ways too. Recent research has shown that adults who stopped eating at least three hours before bedtime and prolonged their night fasting to about 13 hours or more experienced modest improvements in blood pressure at night, heart rate, and blood - sugar regulation.

While these improvements do not necessarily translate directly into lowering LDL cholesterol (“bad”), all are closely linked to long - term heart health.