Trendy food - pancake cereal. Home breakfast with tiny pancakes and berries. View from above. (Photo by: Anjelika Gretskaia/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) BETHESDA, Md. - A new study from the National Institutes of Health suggests eating during the daytime could reduce health risks for people who work during the night shift.
Scientists said working at night disrupts the body’s circadian rhythms, or the 24-hour internal clock, which controls the sleep-wake cycles.
They said the disruption could lead to a risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. They also point to previous studies that have shown that eating during night shift work impairs the body’s ability to process sugar, or glucose.NIH researchers.