Achyut Saroj, Medical Science Liaison and Board-Certified Medical Affairs Specialist at Helio Genomics, shared on LinkedIn:
“What New Science Tells Us About Late-Night Snacking and Liver Health?
A new study led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) can help preserve liver health.
Analyzing diet and lifestyle data from nearly 200,000 participants across three major nationwide studies (the Nurses’ Health Study, Nurses’ Health Study II, and Health Professionals Follow-up Study), researchers uncovered a clear connection between late-night eating and liver disease.
- Late-night eating, defined as eating after dinner or after bedtime, was associated with a 20% to 30% increased risk of liver disease.
- The correlation specifically applied to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and liver cirrhosis.
- The liver’s metabolic processes are tightly aligned with the body’s natural internal clock.
- Eating during the night when the body is biologically primed for sleep reduces metabolic efficiency.
Limiting your calories to several hours before bedtime could support liver health without needing to change what you eat.
The published study is observational and based on self-reported data. Building on these findings, OHSU is recruiting for a clinical trial to evaluate whether shifting eating times directly improves measures of fatty liver disease.”
Title: Late-Night Eating is Associated with MASLD and Cirrhosis: The Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals’ Follow-Up Study
Authors: Robert M. Wilechansky, Kevin Casey, Andrew W. McHill, Andrew T. Chan, Tracey G. Simon
Read the full article here.
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