Early dinner with lower risk of breast and prostate cancer – 18/07/2018

Eating early or waiting at least two hours before going to bed is badociated in both cases with a lower risk of bad and prostate cancer, according to a study by the Institute of Global Health of Barcelona (ISGlobal), Spain

According to the book published in the International Journal of Cancer, people who dine before 9 pm or who wait at least two hours before bedtime have about 20 % less risk develop this type of tumors than those who eat after 22 or those who go to bed immediately after dinner.

ISGlobal researcher Manolis Kogevinas pointed out that, until now, studies on food and cancer focused on dietary habits badyzing for example whether people eat red meat, fruits or vegetables, or Relationships with the amount of food and obesity [19659002] However, no attention has been given to other factors surrounding such a daily act as food: the hours of ingestion and the activities that are performed before and after, [19659002] "Recent evidence in experimental studies indicates that eating time is important and shows that doing so late affects health," said the researcher.

The purpose of this study was to badess whether meal and sleep schedules may be related to the risk of developing Breast and prostate cancer, the most common in the world and most related to night work and circadian disruption or alteration of the body clock.

As part of the MCC-Spain project funded by the Research Consortium Biomedical Network in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) – Researchers evaluated data from 621 cases of prostate cancer and 1205 bad and 872 men and 1321 randomly selected women in the primary health centers of

The badysis was based on data collected in interviews on food, sleep and chronotype schedules and a questionnaire on dietary habits and compliance

"Our study concludes that dietary dietary habits are badociated with a lower risk of cancer" summarizes Kogevinas, main author of the publication.

For Kogevinas, these findings "underscore the importance of taking into account the circadian rhythm in studies of food and nutrition. Cancer". He added that, if confirmed, "will have implications for recommendations on cancer prevention, which currently do not take into account meal times."

(Source: EFE)