Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital asked 16 overweight people to eat the same foods on two different schedules. According to one of them, the first meal was at the beginning of the day, and according to the other – four hours later: for example, at 9:00 and 13:00.
The experts also took into account the participants’ hunger and appetite data, blood samples, body temperature and energy expenditure. Some scientists even took samples of adipose tissue.
It turned out that because of a later meal, the likelihood of hunger in humans increased more than twice. And when they ate at the end of the day, their bodies were low in the hormone leptin, which is produced when you feel full.
Additionally, the participants accumulated fat due to a late breakfast and burned about 60 fewer calories.
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Source: Ferra
