The contents of our plate plays a large role, is known.
A study by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School shows that is also the time to takes to the you have a meal that can be crucial for the weight loss.
The Study Content
In the framework of the three-week study, the researchers investigated how the metabolism of seven men and women changed over the course of the day.
The subjects were isolated from the outside world and had no access to Internet or time. Each meal was recorded and the subjects were allowed to perform activities that burn additional calories.
Also your to go to bed and Wake-up times were defined by the scientists every day and four hours to be moved.
Thus, the scientists were able to analyze the metabolism independent of the usual influences of food, sleep, and activities of the subjects.
“We have found out in the course of the three weeks that the amount of energy consumed in the sleep state, depends on the time of the Day,” said study leader Jeanne Duffy to ‘WebMD’.
“Compared to the Morning, the subjects burned ten per cent more calories in the late afternoon and early evening – although the activity level was on the day the same,” adds Duffy.
Irregularities as the cause for weight problems
The conclusion to be drawn from the study results: “make it clear that irregularities in it, when we eat and sleep, that we grow. This also explains why shift workers suffer more often under weight problems.”
The reasons for this are as yet unexplored. “It could be due to the fact that our body tries to save energy, he consumed at different times of the day less,” speculates the scientist.
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A strict daily schedule can help you lose weight
A precise schedule of when we eat and sleep, could cause us to lose weight faster.
“A regularity in our eating and sleeping habits is essential for overall health and weight control. The means in this case that we try, at the exact same time to get up and go to bed, and our meals at the same time daily take,” explains Duffy.
Source
- K. Zitting, N. Vujovic, R. K. Yuan (2018): Human Resting Energy Expenditure Varies with Circadian Phase, retrieved on 22.11.2019: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31334-4?_returnURL=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982218313344?showall=true
Katharina Klein
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