Re: A Calorie is a Calorie...except when it's past 8 pm?

[Guest guest]

just wondering..

would that be Eastern Standard time? Pacific time (that would be helpful for

those in the east - we could eat until midnight) What happens when we travel -

does that time change? what happens at day light savings? then is it after 9?

wonder if you live in Indiana where there are 2 time zones? hmmm.....

Debra Boardley

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> Not sure who read the study reported in Obesity last week about eating at

> night versus more calories during the day.

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> Regardless of sleep time, duration, eating past 8 pm is an independent risk

> factor for being overweight.

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> http://www.appforhealth.com/2011/05/night-eating-linked-to-obesity/

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> I have the research paper...if you want it, email me offline.

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> Upton, M.S., R.D., CSSD

> Appetite for Health

> www.AppforHealth.com

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[Guest guest]

The research notwithstanding, I'd guess it's more behavioral than

physiological. I mean, if you sit in front of the computer and eat or watch TV

and

eat, stands to reason it's probably not celery that you're munching on but

snack type foods.

Several years ago I wrote an article for Today's Dietitian on the " reverse

diet " ( diet book) which proposed what Adelle (I think it was )

had proposed many years before: Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a

prince and dinner like a pauper.

Based on that concept, the reverse diet suggested that the biggest meal of

the day be eaten for breakfast (didn't have to be steak and eggs but just

the most calorie dense).

I did extensive research and could find nothing to back that up although

farmers always used to eat that way--big breakfast, modest lunch in the field

and light dinner before bedtime.

I'm sure it merits further investigation about the metabolic consequences

of eating later at night (and I think picking an hour is

ridiculous....certainly hours of daylight might affect circadian rhythms and

when last meal is

eaten vs how many calories are eaten after the meal, etc.)

Would like to read the original research if you can send it.

Thanks!

Sharon

Sharon Salomon, M.S., R.D.

Freelance Writer

Member, Association of Health Care Journalists

_http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsalomon_

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In a message dated 5/12/2011 10:57:21 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,

dignacassens@... writes:

http://www.appforhealth.com/2011/05/night-eating-linked-to-obesity

[Guest guest]

The research notwithstanding, I'd guess it's more behavioral than

physiological. I mean, if you sit in front of the computer and eat or watch TV

and

eat, stands to reason it's probably not celery that you're munching on but

snack type foods.

Several years ago I wrote an article for Today's Dietitian on the " reverse

diet " ( diet book) which proposed what Adelle (I think it was )

had proposed many years before: Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a

prince and dinner like a pauper.

Based on that concept, the reverse diet suggested that the biggest meal of

the day be eaten for breakfast (didn't have to be steak and eggs but just

the most calorie dense).

I did extensive research and could find nothing to back that up although

farmers always used to eat that way--big breakfast, modest lunch in the field

and light dinner before bedtime.

I'm sure it merits further investigation about the metabolic consequences

of eating later at night (and I think picking an hour is

ridiculous....certainly hours of daylight might affect circadian rhythms and

when last meal is

eaten vs how many calories are eaten after the meal, etc.)

Would like to read the original research if you can send it.

Thanks!

Sharon

Sharon Salomon, M.S., R.D.

Freelance Writer

Member, Association of Health Care Journalists

_http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsalomon_

(http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsalomon)

_http://twitter.com/eatingagain_ (http://twitter.com/sharonmatty)

In a message dated 5/12/2011 10:57:21 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,

dignacassens@... writes:

http://www.appforhealth.com/2011/05/night-eating-linked-to-obesity