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Jacob Rawley & Michelle Cullen

TV doctor shares best time to eat dinner for weight loss

A TV doctor has shared his diet expertise once again, this time revealing the best time to eat your dinner for weight loss.

Dinner times have been proven to affect health. The time you eat at can even increase your risk of stroke, according to a study from last year.

Health and particularly weight are affected by dinner time because of digestion. Dr Michael Mosely says that those who eat late have food lingering in their system for much longer.

READ MORE: The best time for weight loss and burning belly fat identified in men and woman

The doctor is known for suggesting specific meal times, with his Fast 800 Diet involving fasting and eating at certain times, the Mirror report .

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Here are the doctor's thoughts on when you should eat your dinner if you are looking to kick the 'corona curves'.

What time of day should I eat to lose weight?

According to Dr Michael Mosley, the best time of day to eat is before 8pm, hours before bedtime.

Mosley explained: "Try and stop eating by 8pm and then not eat anything with calories after that."

Avoiding calories closer to when you fall asleep is important, as what you eat later "hangs around in your system for much longer".

Dr Mosley added: "The temptation is to eat cheese and biscuits late into the night. Although the idea that cheese will give you nightmares is a complete and utter myth, it will obviously be quite a lot of calories loaded on late at night.

"And we know the fat and sugar you eat later at night, it just hangs around in your system for much, much longer because your body is just closed down for night.

"Your digestive process will be closing down, and it really will not appreciate that late night snack."

Of course, changing the time of day that you eat isn't a problem-solver if your diet is bad and you aren't getting enough exercise. It is best to focus on this before making those smaller changes, though sometimes every little helps.

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