Eating Breakfast and Dinner Earlier Lowers Disease Risk 健康秘訣：早飯和晚飯都早點吃

Having breakfast and dinner earlier can lower the risk of heart attacks or strokes， new research suggests.

新的研究表明，早點吃早餐和晚餐可以降低心臟病發作或中風的風險。

An international team， led by French scientists， finds that people who eat their first meal at 9 am have a 6％ higher chance of developing cardiovascular disease than those who have breakfast at 8 am.

一個由法國科學家領導的國際研究小組發現，上午9點吃第一頓飯的人患心血管疾病的概率比上午8點吃早餐的人高6%。

Additionally， eating after 9 pm is linked to a 28％ increased risk of cerebrovascular diseases， such as strokes， especially in women， when compared to eating before 8 pm. They also note a 6％ increase in disease risk for each hour of delay.

此外，與晚上8點之前進食相比，晚上9點之后進食，患腦血管疾?。ㄈ缰酗L）的風險會增加28%，尤其是女性。他們還指出，每推遲一小時（進食），就會增加6%的患病風險。

Researchers attribute this risk partly to modern Western eating habits， such as late dinners or skipping breakfast. These habits disrupt the daily cycle of food intake and fast， which is essential for synchronizing the body’s peripheral clocks or circadian rhythms， impacting functions like blood pressure regulation.

研究人員將這種風險部分歸因于現代西方飲食習慣，例如過晚吃晚飯或不吃早餐。這些習慣會擾亂食物攝入和禁食的日常周期，而這一周期對于同步外周組織生物鐘或晝夜節律至關重要，從而影響血壓調節等功能。