Intermittent Fasting and the Big if-Study

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People's chronotype refers to whether you're a morning or an evening person. How you respond to food may also be related to your chronotype. Late in the evening, our bodies are less effective at fighting against some of these unfavourable effects that otherwise we would be able to counterbalance. So it's thumbs down for late night snacking. Your cells and your digestive system need some time off. The big if-sail study will be of a size that we've never seen before. We'll get back to you in a few months with more news.

We’ve all been there at least once, hovering by the fridge and looking for something to graze on just before bed. What you eat after dark can disrupt your sleep and digestion. Yet new evidence suggests that when we snack is less important than what we snack on, so suddenly that midnight snack may not be a guilty pleasure after all.

In today’s daily episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Jonathan is joined by Dr Sarah Berry to answer the question: should you avoid late-night snacks?

This episode is part of a limited series to celebrate the launch of The Big IF Study: The world’s biggest clinical study to discover how intermittent fasting affects our mood, energy and hunger. Want to know if intermittent fasting can work for you?

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