A new study reveals that confining meals to daytime hours can help preserve cardiovascular function and reduce disease risk in night shift workers, underscoring the power of meal timing in mitigating circadian disruption.
Study: Daytime eating during simulated night work mitigates changes in cardiovascular risk factors: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial. Image Credit: Shutterstock AI Generator / Shutterstock.com
A recent study published in Nature Communications examines how daytime eating may preserve cardiovascular health among night shift workers.
Altered diet habits during shift work
About 15% of workers in residing developed nations perform night shift work, which increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Circadian misalignment, which occurs due to…