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Nightime Eating: Same Calories, Extra Weight Gain?

sweatscience.runnersworld.com 30 May '12, 11am

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Here's a neat study, just published in Cell Metabolism , whose results I wouldn't have guessed in advance. Take two groups of mice. Let one group eat as much as it wants, whenever it wants. Feed the other group the exact same amount and type of food, but only at night (bear in mind that mice are nocturnal, so feeding them only at night is the equivalent of humans eating only during the day). Which group gains more weight? To heighten the suspense, I'll post this somewhat confusing but mildly funny graphical representation of the experiment: I love those little blocks of cheese! Anyway, as the diagram indicates, the mice who spread their eating throughout the day and night end up with weakened circadian rhythms, and they end up fatter -- even though they've consumed the same number of calories as their daytime-fasting peers. Not only that, but they suffer a bunch of other b...

Full article: http://sweatscience.runnersworld.com/2012/05/nightime-eat...

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@mrdannyjohnson » 03 Jun '12, 3pm
Nighttime Eating: Same Calories, Extra Weight Gain?: Here's a neat study, just published in Cell... [link] #Uncategorized
@christievina » 31 May '12, 7pm
Great new article about eating during the day vs. nighttime [link]
@foiled73 » 31 May '12, 5pm
Nighttime Eating: Same Calories, Extra Weight Gain? Here's a neat study, just published in Cell Metabolism, whose res [link]
@leopardcur » 31 May '12, 2pm
So the take away from this is cheese is good for you? :-D Sweat Science: [link] via @RunnersWorld
@Brauliohh » 30 May '12, 8pm
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@MakingFitHappen » 30 May '12, 6pm
We're meant to sleep at night, not eat, via @sweatscience Nightime Eating: Same Calories, Extra Weight Gain? [link]
@EatingTheWeek » 30 May '12, 2pm
RT @sweatscience: A few more thoughts on study abt nighttime eating leading to weight gain indep. of calories in mice: [link]
@Peterdanclement » 30 May '12, 2pm
Jumbo slice at 2 a.m. = you're fat: [link] via @RunnersWorld
@Chris_JMTX » 30 May '12, 1pm
I found this interesting... [link]
@SkinStrong » 30 May '12, 1pm
RT @sweatscience: thoughts on that study about nighttime eating leading to weight gain indep. of calories in mice: [link]
@sweatscience » 30 May '12, 1pm
A few more thoughts on that study about nighttime eating leading to weight gain indep. of calories in mice: [link]
@FeetTweetSTL » 30 May '12, 11am
Nightime Eating: Same Calories, Extra Weight Gain? [link]
@thiagowitt » 11 Jun '12, 5pm
Nighttime Eating: Same Calories, Extra Weight Gain? [link]
@michaelwoodspg » 31 May '12, 1pm
Sweat Science: [link] via @RunnersWorld
@TraininParadise » 31 May '12, 10am
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@crash8130 » 30 May '12, 8pm
Nighttime Eating: Same Calories, Weight Gain? [link]