Much too low blood pressure lowering Late supper can lead to a heart attack

Eating too late has a major impact on our nocturnal drop in blood pressure
There are always discussions about the effects of late eating on our health and weight. Researchers now found that eating too late increases the risk of heart attack. This is because the blood pressure does not really decrease overnight after a late meal.

Dokuz Eylul University's Turkish scientists in Izmir have now discovered in an investigation that late-night eating endangers the health of our hearts. Late meals increase the risk of suffering a heart attack. The physicians published the results of their study at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Are you one of those people who eat far too late in the evening? Then you should change this habit better. Researchers now find that late meals increase the risk of heart attack. (Image: hugo2 / fotolia.com)

Do not eat for two hours before bed rest
Eating late at night increases the risk of heart disease. Having dinner within two hours of bed rest can cause health problems, researchers say. These late meals put the body in a kind of alert, say the experts. This process prevents our blood pressure from being sufficiently lowered overnight. The high blood pressure is a danger to our heart, say the experts.

Adults should take their last meal before 7pm at best
Surely you've heard that late food should lead to obesity. But does food really make you fat after 6pm? Maybe we should not just think about the effects on our weight. Eating too late also endangers the health of our heart. Adults should ideally have dinner before 7 pm, the scientists suggest. This gives the body enough time to relax. The danger for our heart increases in addition, if the diet contains much salt, the authors report.

Physicians examine more than 700 subjects with high blood pressure
The cardiologists of the Turkish University observed more than 700 men and women with high blood pressure. The experts wanted to find out what effects different meal times and the consistency of nutrition have on health. A late dinner has a major impact on blood pressure during the night, according to the researchers. Affected suffer according to their statement almost twice as often under a reduced nocturnal hypotension (non-dipper).

Late meals and skipping breakfast affect blood pressure
Actually, blood pressure should drop by about ten percent overnight. But with nearly 25 percent of people eating too late, blood pressure does not drop enough overnight, the researchers explain. For timely eating people, the value is 14.2 percent. When people did not have breakfast, it was also noted that the important pressure drop of the blood became less likely. However, the effects were less than by late meals, the experts add.

People today are developing unpredictable eating habits
The effects of modern life and advanced developments such as artificial lighting make people eat later in the day. This leads to unpredictable eating habits. Ebru Ozpelit from Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir. Other studies showed some time ago, but we can also reduce the risk of high blood pressure through our diet. For example, eating yoghurt daily can lower your high blood pressure risk.

The timing and composition of meals will affect your health
We urgently need to define the ideal frequency and timing for our meals. Ozpelit. Because even irregular food harms the health. It is obvious that not only the composition of our food is important for our health. It is also crucial at what time we take our meals, said the doctor at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Rome. (As)