Eating breakfast and dinner late could raise risk of heart attack

Are you one of those people who skip their first meal of the day or eat a late breakfast and dinner Beware you may be at risk of heart attack warns a studyThe study suggested eating the first meal of the day at 8 am and dinner by 8 pm to avoid risk of cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world according to the Global Burden of Disease study with 186 million annual deaths in 2019 of which around 79 are attributable to diet This means that diet plays a major role in the development and progression of these diseasesThe study by French research institute INRAE National Research Institute for Agriculture Food and Environment showed that having a first meal later in the day such as when skipping breakfast is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease with a 6 per cent increase in risk per hour delayFor example a person who eats for the first time at 9 am is 6 per cent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than someone who eats at 8 amWhen it comes to the last meal of the day eating late after 9 pm is associated with a 28 per cent increase in the risk of cerebrovascular disease such as stroke compared with eating before 8 pm particularly in womenFinally a longer duration of nighttime fasting the time between the last meal of the day and the first meal of the following day is associated with a reduced risk of cerebrovascular disease supporting the idea of eating ones first and last meals earlier in the dayFor the study published in Nature Communications the scientists used data from 103389 participants to study the associations between food intake patterns and cardiovascular diseaseThe findings which need to be replicated in other cohorts and through additional scientific studies with different designs highlight a potential role for meal timing in preventing cardiovascular diseaseThe team suggest that adopting the habit of eating earlier first and last meals with a longer period of nighttime fasting could help to prevent the risk of cardiovascular diseaseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever