4 min readThere’s been talk for years about the importance of stopping eating at a certain time before you go to bed. Experts say it may do everything from help you sleep better and lower your risk of acid reflux to boost weight loss. Now, there’s one more perk to consider: It could support your heart health.
That’s the main takeaway from new research published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. For the study, researchers had 39 people with overweight or obesity between the ages of 36 and 75 do an extended overnight fast of 13 to 16 hours of fasting or a “habitual fast” of 11 to 13 hours for 7.5 weeks. Both groups had to dim the lights three hours before bed.
Meet the experts: Phyllis Zee, M.D., study co-author, director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, and chief…