High‑protein night meal and circadian measures in shift workers
Summary
Compared a high‑protein night meal vs control on metabolic/circadian endpoints during night work.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Alternating conditions in this trial whether keeping most calories in a daytime window, with minimal overnight intake, found 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.