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The results of a study with more than 100.000 people from ISGlobal in Barcelona, published in Nature Communications, indicate the importance of the timing and rhythm of daily meals in reducing the risk of heart disease.
Researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center promoted by the "la Caixa" Foundation, INRAE, Inserm and the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, have revealed that the time at which we eat could influence our risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
This study, carried out on a sample of more than 100.000 people from the NutriNet-Santé cohort, who were followed between 2009 and 2022, suggests that eat your first or last meal late It is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
It also seems that a longer overnight fast It is associated with a lower risk of cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke. The results, published in Nature Communications., indicate the importance of the schedule and rhythm of daily meals to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
These ailments are the main cause of death in the world according to the Global Burden of Disease study, with 18,6 million deaths annually in 2019, of which around 7,9 are attributable to diet. This means that diet plays a fundamental role in the development and progression of these diseases. The modern lifestyle of Western societies has given rise to specific eating habits, such as eating late dinners or skipping breakfast.
Chrononutrition
In addition to light, the daily cycle of food intake (meals, snacks, etc.) alternating with periods of fasting synchronizes the peripheral clocks, or circadian rhythms, of the different organs of the body, thus influencing cardiometabolic functions such as the regulation of the blood pressure. Chrononutrition is emerging as an important new field for understanding the relationship between the timing of food intake, circadian rhythms, and health.
Eating your first meal later in the day (such as skipping breakfast) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, with a 6% increased risk per hour of delay.
The scientific team used data from 103.389 participants in the French cohort NutriNet-Health (79% of whom were women, with a mean age of 42 years) to study associations between food intake patterns and cardiovascular disease. To reduce the risk of possible bias, they took into account a large number of confounding factors, especially sociodemographic (age, sex, family situation, etc.), nutritional quality of diet, lifestyle and sleep cycle.
The results show that eating your first meal later in the day (such as skipping breakfast) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, with a 6% increase in risk per hour of delay. For example, a person who eats for the first time at 9 in the morning is 6% more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than someone who eats at 8.
As for dinner, eat late (after 9 at night) is associated with a 28% increased risk of suffering from cerebrovascular diseases, such as stroke, compared to eating before 8 at night, especially in women. Finally, a longer duration of overnight fast -the time elapsed between the last meal of the day and the first of the next day- is associated with a lower risk of cerebrovascular disease, which supports the idea of eating the first and last meals of the day earlier.
Need for more studies
These results, which need to be replicated in other cohorts and through additional scientific studies with different designs, highlight the potential role of meal timing in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. They suggest that adopt the habit of eating your first and last meals earlier with a longer period of overnight fasting could help prevent the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Eating dinner late (after 9 p.m.) is associated with a 28% increased risk of cerebrovascular diseases, such as stroke.
The NutriNet-Santé study is a public health study coordinated by the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN-CRESS, Inserm / INRAE / Cnam / Université Sorbonne Paris Nord / Université Paris Cité) which, thanks to the commitment and support of more of 175.000 participants, is advancing research on the links between nutrition (diet, physical activity, nutritional status) and health.
It started in 2009 and has already given rise to more than 270 international scientific publications. There is still a call for new study participants living in France to continue advancing research into the relationship between nutrition and health.
Taking a few minutes a month to respond through the secure online platform etude-nutrinet-sante.fr , participants help advance knowledge of the relationship between food and health.
Source: SINC Agency