Breakfast timing may hold the key to living longer, new research reveals

Eating breakfast earlier in the day may help add years to your life new research suggests A decades-long assessment tracking nearly adults over the lesson of about years exposed that the timing of meals especially breakfast may be just as significant as what is on the plate and could signal underlying vitality problems An international band led by Dr Hassan Dashti of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Physiological School analyzed meal times medical conditions genetics and mortality of the - to -year-olds using statistics from the University of Manchester SKIPPING BREAKFAST AND EATING DINNER LATE LINKED TO SURPRISING BONE VITALITY RISKThe findings published this month in the journal Communications Medicine displayed that as people age they tend to eat breakfast and dinner later shift their eating midpoint the halfway point between the first and last meal of the day and shorten their overall eating window Breakfast and dinner times are likely to shift later due to factors such as poor sleep depression dental problems difficulty preparing meals and lifestyle changes like retiring living alone or moving into assisted living facilities For example depression and fatigue may reduce appetite or slow down morning routines while dental or chewing problems can make eating uncomfortable leading people to postpone breakfast Dashti notified Every Day Fitness HIDDEN SLEEP DANGER COULD INCREASE PERIL OF DISEASES MAJOR EXAMINATION REVEALSBecause the investigation was observational the researchers cannot say for sure that these medical issues cause later breakfasts only that they often occur together he added On average every decade of aging was linked to an eight-minute delay in breakfast and a four-minute delay in dinner the scientists detected Over years of follow-up researchers recorded deaths among participants Each additional hour delay in breakfast time was tied to a higher pitfall of death Older adults who stuck to earlier meals were more likely to live longer with a -year survival rate of compared to among late eaters MORNING WORKOUTS CAN BOOST WEIGHT LOSS IF ONE KEY HABIT IS FOLLOWED EXPERTS SAY The difference was statistically vital but it was modest Dashti noted Physical and psychological illnesses including depression anxiety fatigue and oral wellness issues were also tied to later eating Our findings suggest that later meal timing especially breakfast could serve as a simple marker of wellbeing in older adults and may guide future strategies for healthy aging the researchers wrote MORE FROM FOX NEWS LIFESTYLEThe assessment adds weight to the growing field of chrononutrition which examines how meal timing affects soundness and suggests that circadian rhythms and eating schedules may be central to healthy aging Up until now we had a limited insight into how the timing of meals evolves later in life and how this shift relates to overall wellness and longevity Dashti explained CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER These results add new meaning to the saying that 'breakfast is the the greater part crucial meal of the day especially for older individuals he added Dashti noted that the findings are especially vital as intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating trends are becoming more popular and could affect older adults differently than younger ones Consistent eating patterns may help maintain healthy body rhythms that endorsement aging and longevity the experts reported Dashti recommends that older adults follow a regular meal schedule as part of broader strategies to promote healthy aging and longer life