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According to a new small study, research finds that there may be a time of day when your body naturally burns the most calories.
Researchers wanted to find out if our circadian rhythm, the body’s “internal clock” that controls when we feel alert, sleepy, or hungry, affects how many calories we burn during the day and night and found that when our body is at rest, we burn about 10% more calories in the late afternoon than late at night, the lab experiments showed.
That 10% equals about 130 extra calories burned in the late afternoon and evening without you having to do any extra work.
This study had seven participants live in a lab for 37 days, to get these findings so believe what you want.
Scientists say more research is needed to understand exactly how these findings affect us, but it does give more insight into how circadian rhythms impact overall health.