Night Eating Increases The Risk Of Some Cancers

Alexander Bruni Author: Alexander Bruni Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022
Night Eating Increases The Risk Of Some Cancers

People who eat dinner before 9 pm or at least two hours before bedtime have a 20% lower risk of developing breast and prostate cancer.

People who dine before 9 pm or at least two hours before bedtime have a 20% lower risk of developing breast and prostate cancer , according to a new study.

 

The study included 621 men who had prostate cancer and 1,205 women cured of breast cancer, as well as 872 men and 1,321 women without malignancies known as the control group. Dr Manolis Cogevinas, a professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health and author of a new study, says the mechanism is not entirely clear.


 

The authors of the study examined the lifestyle of each of the participants. The latter also had to fill in questionnaires about their eating habits and compliance with cancer prevention recommendations , such as physical activity and limiting alcohol consumption.

 

The results are consistent with previous research that has shown that eating in harmony with the body's biological clock can help reduce the risk of cancer recurrence in survivors.

 

Population surveys show that people who eat late at night have higher levels of obesity and poorer metabolism . And people who have a longer interval between meals in the evening and sleep also have better blood sugar control .

 

Decreased ability to process glucose is a possible mechanical factor linking eating in the late hours with the risk of cancer, according to experts.

 

 

Breast cancer ranks first in the incidence of cancer in women and accounts for 27.3% of all malignancies in them. Although the findings of the study are based on strong biological evidence, the data are still new. More research is needed to compare, for example, what has a greater impact on cancer risk - eating at night, obesity or eating unhealthy foods.

 

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and accounts for 27.3% of all malignancies in women.

 

According to the National Cancer Registry, in 2013, 2,825 new cases of prostate cancer were registered in Bulgaria, which is an increase of 60% over the last 10 years.

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