Can eating at certain times rather than others affect our health? The answer is yes, but we understand why. Every night, our liver produces cholesterol to receive hormones and vitamin D. Cholesterol is a very important molecule and the greatest production occurs at night, in the liver and in the skin. There are two types of cholesterol: the exogenous one, coming from food, and the endogenous one, produced by our cells. In this article, we explain why this is the time when you need to be careful about what you eat to avoid high cholesterol.
Even if the presence of exogenous cholesterol in our body is determined by the diet, we must be careful and limit the damage caused by an excess of endogenous cholesterol.
That’s why this is the time when you need to be careful about what you eat to avoid high cholesterol
Since cholesterol is produced by our body in the early hours of the night, we need to pay attention to what we put on the table in the evening.
The timing of its production varies genetically from person to person, but its quantity depends on the production of insulin, which occurs at night.
Food, as always, is essential
Unfortunately, according to some statistics, in recent years most Italians tend to eat too much and badly in the evening hours.
This is a very bad habit, because the evening is precisely the time when our body requires less energy and food.
A large dinner leads to an increase in blood sugar levels, consequently an increase in insulin secretion and therefore in endogenous cholesterol in the liver.
What can be done to avoid this?
To avoid all this we must eat correctly in the evening, accompanying cooked vegetables, for example, with protein foods such as fish or meat, alternating them every evening, without overdoing the portions. For further information, we recommend that you contact a nutritionist or your trusted doctor.
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