Early Dinner Reduces Risk Of Cancer

A new study has disclosed that early dinners do not just help fight body fat but also lowers the risk of breast and prostate cancer.

The study carried out by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health focused on 621 people who had prostate cancer and 1,205 who had breast cancer, alongside 872 male and 1,321 female patients without cancer.

The results showed that participant who ate dinner before 9 p.m. had a 20 percent lower risk of developing prostate or breast cancer compared to those who ate after 10 p.m.

A similar difference was pointed out between participants sleeping two or more hours after dinner and those that slept immediately after dinner.

“What we know from experimental studies is that we are conditioned to function in different parts of the day,” said Manolis Kogevinas, a professor heading the research.

“We, not only humans but all living organisms, have developed throughout time functioning differently in day and night.

“Previous research has shown that breast and prostate cancer risk are associated with night-shift work and the disruption of circadian rhythm, or a person’s sleep-wake cycle.”

However, the study has a correlation with the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancers 2007 result which showed that a night-shift work, which upsets the circadian rhythm, can increase the risk of cancers.