The Effects of Fasting vs Meal or Snack During Simulated Night Work
Summary
Synthesizes lab studies showing that fasting overnight or restricting night‑shift intake may mitigate metabolic impairments versus eating at night.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Evidence here whether keeping most calories in a daytime window, with minimal overnight intake, shows sleep, alertness, recovery, and metabolic markers for night‑shift workers and night owls. The signal puts timing—rather than only calories or macros—at the center of how bodies respond to working at night. For people who work nights, that frames an everyday choice (when you eat, how you light the end of a shift, how rest is split) as part of the mechanism, not just routine.
Notes
Accessible overview of meal‑timing effects during nights.