Current Opinions in Chrononutrition and Health
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Nutritional sciences have traditionally prioritized what we eat, and the sentence “You are what you eat” has been used to describe the commitment between health and diets with low nutritional values. The “5 W´s and 1 H (5W1H) of meals” should be considered (i.e., what, when, where, who, why, and how). Furthermore, the way meals are eaten should be considered as well to better understand nutrition. The effects of foodstuffs eaten during the day may have positive or negative effects on many circadian rhythms depending on the time of the consumption [1]. This fact is not only a recent scientific revelation, but also popular knowledge which shows this nutritional paradigm as it can be observed through several proverbs such as “have breakfast like a king, have lunch like a prince, and have dinner like a pauper”, or “orange is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and death at night”. This last one issues the ability of the body to process some nutrients or, for example, in the case of oranges, the property of vitamin C to enhance awake during the day. Therefore, the recognition of the importance of the timing of meals has been present in society for centuries.
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Bravo R, Ugartemendia L, Uguz C, Cubero J
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