Previous studies have linked eating late at night and the possibility of developing diseases, such as sleep disorders, intestinal upset and heartburn, and a recent study showed that the time of eating has an impact on human mental health as well, and that dispensing with food at night and eating it only during the day can have positive effects on health. Psychology of a person, how is that?

This is what was shown by a recent study conducted by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, USA, and reported by Deutsche Welle. Through the study, researchers found that people who ate at night had higher rates of depression and anxiety compared to people who sufficed. By eating during the day.

In a study, the results of which were published in the scientific journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and cited by Deutsche Welle from the RND newspaper editorial network in Germany, researchers subjected 19 male and female volunteers to experimental night shifts over a period of 14 days.

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After a period, the volunteers were not allowed to sleep until 12 hours later than usual, and the study participants - 12 men and 7 women - were divided into two groups that ate the same amount of food: the first group was allowed to eat day and night, and the second group was allowed to eat it during the day only .

Study participants provided detailed information about their health on a daily basis, and researchers found that over the course of the experiment, those who ate at night had 26% higher rates of signs of depression and 16% of signs of anxiety, while there were no changes in the mental health of the group. Who ate meals during the day only.

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In Germany alone, according to a survey by Statista - a German company specializing in market and consumer data - 14.7% of employees worked night shifts in 2021, and many of them - such as nurses or lifeguards - were forced to work night shifts. continuously.

Researchers are seeking more similar studies to reveal the effect of our eating habits.

It is noteworthy that previous studies also indicated that eating late at night can negatively affect the body.