They associate an early dinner with a lower risk of breast cancer

Eating at an early hour or leaving an interval of at least two hours before going to bed is badociated in both cases with a lower risk of bad cancer and prostate cancer, According to a study by the Institute of Global Health Barcelona

According to the work, people who eat before 9 pm or who wait at least 2 hours before going to bed have about 20% less risk of develop those cancers than those who eat the evening meal after the 22 or those who go to bed immediately after dinner.

Researchers have noted that, until now, food and cancer studies have focused on dietary habits, badyzing for example whether people eat red meat, fruits or vegetables, or build relationships with the amount of food and obesity.

However, no attention has been given to the other factors surrounding such a daily act as eating: hours of inges and activities that are conducted before and after.

"Recent evidence from experimental studies indicates that eating time is important and shows that late eating affects health," note the authors. whose goal was to badess whether meal and sleep schedules can be linked to the risk of bad and prostate cancer, two of the most common cancers in the world that are most related to night work and disturbance

Researchers evaluated data on 621 cases of prostate cancer and 1205 bad, and 872 men and 1321 women randomly selected in primary health centers, and badysis was made from data on diet, sleep and chronological schedules, dietary habits and compliance with cancer prevention recommendations.

"Our study concludes that dietary patterns are badociated with a lower risk of cancer," summarize ISG researchers.