Commercial Drive - East Vancouver Chiropractor; Dr. Dominic Chan DC - "Want to Lose Weight?...Eat on a Schedule!"

Eating too many calories may not be the only reason people gain weight. A new study appearing in the journal; Cell Metabolism has found that mice given food on a schedule, gained less weight than mice who were allowed to eat whenever they liked. Eventhough, the diets for the two groups consisted of the same foods!

According to researchers, the study shows that restricting eating times is an under appreciated way to keep off the pounds.  "Every organ has a clock," said study researcher Satchidananda Panda, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. That means there are times that our livers, intestines, muscles and other organs work at peak efficiency, and other times when they are — more or less — sleeping, Panda said. The body has natural biological 'clocks' that determine when certain organs work at their best. When mice or even people eat frequently throughout the day and night, these 'clocks' can be thrown off.


The researchers suggest that there is evidence that our eating habits have changed over the years. For one thing, we in western culture have access to an abundance of food at our fingertips. We are able to eat whatever we want almost whenever we want. It's not hard to find fast food restaurants that now cater to late night eaters with '24 hour' access to junk food. But the other problem is also that we have a lot more stimulus that keep us up later at night. We have computers, the internet, TV, streaming video, Tivo, video games, cell phones etc. All these things that we traditional resort to to 'unwind' after a hard day, also helps to keep us up. 


It's no secret that when people are engaged in these activities, we tend to snack. So what's the take home message. Well if you are really committed to losing weight, you have to look at ALL the factors that help you pack on the pounds. Engaging in exercise and watching what you eat is a great start, but actually understanding how your body naturally processes calories is important as well.


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