“Your pizza at two in the morning will not only become much greasy than if it were at any other time, it will become a molecular insult that will ruin your energy levels the next day and prevent … cellular repair of your body. The doctor and popularizer Sebastián La Rosa, known on social networks for sharing content on diet, longevity, overall well-being and healthy habits, highlights in one of his latest publications on digital platforms the importance of respecting the body’s biological rhythms.
Numerous scientific studies support the importance of chrononutrition in health. And that translated refers to the effect that food has on the circadian cycle and how it influences when meals are eaten. What we eat and when we eat interfere with our health in almost the same way.
Chrononutrition: When you eat is as important as what you eat
And not so long ago in the field of nutrition people were talking about what to eat or how, however, experts have long added the variable of timing. Of course, if you’re eating poorly, there’s not much you can do. But if you don’t eat well and eat at the wrong time, the impact on your health is considerable.
“A 2021 diabetes study showed that Eating an hour after melatonin release started increased glucose by 34% more than eating exactly the same food at another time of the day”, explains the expert in a video he posted on his social networks, in which he explains that this is the real reason why a healthy dish “can be very negative at three in the morning and trigger your blood sugar, while at nine this is not the case”.
During the night, explains the Argentinian popularizer, “the body enters a phase of physiological resistance to insulin”, which causes carbohydrates to be converted more easily into fats and increases systemic inflammation. “If I eat a meal rich in carbohydrates in the evening, I will accumulate more fat and generate more inflammation,” explains the specialist, with a message that he wants to clarify that our body is designed to better metabolize food during the daywhen the body remains active, not during the night, when it prepares for rest.
Scientific evidence increasingly supports this approach. Recent studies suggest that Adapting meal times to the biological clock improves insulin sensitivity, optimizes energy performance and promotes better body compositionreinforcing the idea that eating well also means eating on time.
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Improves glucose management: Eating with sunlight helps prevent glucose and insulin spikes after meals.
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Synchronizes Circadian Rhythms: Eating in sync with natural light promotes the body’s biological rhythms, which in turn influence metabolic health.
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Increases Digestive Efficiency: The digestive system and metabolism work more efficiently during the day, thanks to sunlight activating mitochondria and energy production.
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Promotes nutrient absorption: Synchronization with circadian rhythms improves nutrient absorption.
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Improves sleep quality: Eating dinner early and in natural light helps maintain deeper, more restful sleep.
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Activates vitamin D: Exposure to the sun while eating promotes the synthesis of vitamin D.
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Reduces the risk of disease: Eating according to the natural rhythm of light is associated with a lower risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart problems and other metabolic diseases.
Marcos Mazzukaexpert in regenerative medicine and integrative health, during his visit to podcast i have a plan pointed out that the best times to eat are based on the “enzymatic solar hours” when digestive enzymes work best: from five to eight in the morning, then from eleven to one thirty, and from six in the afternoon to eight in the evening.
Eating outside of these limits will cause “most foods to remain in the colon and rot due to lack of enzymes”, says the expert, who shares the opinion of Guillermo Rodriguez Navarretenutritionist and pharmacist by training, who criticizes the fact that modern humanity has broken the “biological bond thanks to artificial light”which makes the brain believe that it is still daytime, since “our ancestors fell asleep at sunset, when melatonin – the sleep hormone – increased and hunger naturally decreased”.
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