Eating Late Relative to Sleep Time Linked to Poor Blood Sugar Control

What time you tend to want to eat is influenced by genetics, but there are ways you can work with it.

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That late-night snack you caved in to could be disrupting your body’s natural rhythms and silently nudging up your blood sugar, waistline, and diabetes risk.

A twin study found that even natural night owls experienced worse metabolic health when they ate most of their calories at a time that was late for their body clock.