Eating only during daytime may prevent heart problems due to night shift: Study

WHILE shift work is a known risk factor for cardiovascular events, a new study showed that eating only during the day time may prevent the risks.

- DEEPIKA BHAN

Sleep timing has been a major area of focus, but researchers from Massachusetts General Brigham, US, and the University of Southampton, UK, stated that food timing could be a bigger risk factor when it comes to cardiovascular health.

Previous studies have shown that working the night shift is associated with various health risks, including to the heart, due to circadian misalignment - the mistiming of our behavioural cycle relative to our internal body clock.

The researchers found that cardiovascular risk factors including autonomic nervous system markers, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (which increases the risk of blood clots), and blood pressure increased after night work.