Eating Late is Bad for Some

Noteworthy- If you are of Hispanic or Latinos descent you are predisposed to poor cardiovascular health if you have late dinners.

But strangely it was noted that eating in the evening was not connected with obesity- (study by Nour Makarem, Ph.D., of Columbia University in New York City, and colleagues)

Noted was that if these individuals consume a larger proportion of energy in the evening their glucose and insulin levels rise. This puts them at higher risk for prediabetes and hypertension.

Please realize the population of group studies was in US Hispanics [and] Latinos,” the investigators noted.

If these folks eat at 30% or more of their energy intake after 6 pm they are at increased risk for hypertension (23%). They also they are 19% higher odds of prediabetes