Nutrition, research and patient care
This article explores the impact of meal timing on health and highlights research suggesting that combining diet and exercise is most effective for weight loss. It also touches on emerging medical research regarding the use of menstrual blood-derived cells for treating osteoarthritis.
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What we eat, when we eat and how we manage our weight remain important questions in health, even as advice often runs ahead of the evidence. This week, I examine one deceptively simple question: is there a right time to have dinner?
Does eating late really affect our health? Is the time at which we eat more important than what we eat? And how should dinner timing be considered alongside sleep, work schedules, physical activity and the overall quality of the diet? Doctors explain what we know about meal timing , and what it can and cannot tell us about maintaining good health.
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