Mealtime Matters

Your circadian rhythm may help you lose weight.

Are you struggling to lose pounds despite cutting calories and upping activity? Aligning mealtimes with circadian rhythms might make losing weight easier.

Research suggests that metabolism – and how the body processes food – varies throughout the day based on circadian rhythms, which regulate the body’s systems, according to Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Medical Chronobiology Program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.