
Early dinners may help prevent cancer: Here are 4 perfect meals to avoid late-night munchies
By Prudence Wade. Published 2020-09-16
BOLD-FoodThey’re easy to make and – more importantly – won’t have you hovering around the fridge come 10pm.
There’s nothing worse than eating dinner a bit later than anticipated, and then lying in bed with an uncomfortably full stomach. Not only does this mean you struggle to drift off and feel sluggish the next day, but there might also be health ramifications for resorting to too many late-night meals.New findings in a study published in the International Journal of Cancer revealed that the later people ate dinner, the more likely they were to develop breast or prostate cancer.Eating dinner before 9pm, or waiting two hours after finishing the meal before going to bed, was found to be linked to a 26% lower risk of developing prostate cancer, and 16% lower chance for breast cancer – compared with eating dinner after 10pm or going straight to sleep after. According to the researchers, this might be related to the effect that eating meals too close to bedtime can have on our circadian rhythm – the internal ‘body clock’ that regulates things like sleep and hormones.However, we all know that eating early comes with its own dangers – the dreaded late-night munchies. We’re people of limited will-power, and many of us will rush to the fridge for a pre-bed snack to stave off the hunger pangs.What’s the solution? Well if you are going to try and stick to a regular, not-too-late dinnertime, it’s important to make it a meal that won’t leave you yearning for a 10pm treat.Here are four supper suggestions that will keep you full until bedtime…
- Savoury oatmeal with miso butter
- Chicken quinoa burrito bowls
- Lentil dahl
- Baked potato with beans