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Night owl or early bird: Chronotype can affect your health and muscle mass

A strong work in the morning or afternoon is not what you want.Chronotype, that's the meaning of the life of each person to make a better time of the day, and the metal, and the metal, and metal, and metalness, and metaboc.It is notifications of this relationship can help explain the reason to respond to the meaning of health.

This is the conclusion of a scientific review article written by a team from the University of Barcelona, ​​the Bellvitge University Hospital, the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the CIBER Area for Diabetes and Allied Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM) at the Carlos III Health Institute.Health University of Barcelona.

The article, published in the journal Nutrients, examines the scientific information that exists on the relationship between the living clock, lifestyle habits (eating, physical activity and rest) and muscle maintenance, especially in the case of obesity and aging.

"Chronotype determines how we organize ourselves during the day and can indirectly affect important factors for muscle health, such as rest, physical activity and diet," explains Roberto Barrientos-Salinas, researcher in the Diabetes and Metabolism Program at IDIBELL.

Because tables don't match biology

According to the article, people with an evening chronotype eat later, have less regular sleep patterns and engage in less structured physical activity.This discrepancy between internal body clocks and social schedules can lead to a less healthy lifestyle and affect muscle quality and metabolism.

The research team emphasizes that chronotype is not a matter of willpower or learned habits, but rather an individual's biological characteristics determined by genetic and physiological factors.

Muscles, the key to independence and healthy aging

This study highlights the importance of muscles as an important organ for health: in addition to strength or mobility, muscles play an important role in metabolism and prevent age-related weakness.In this regard, researchers warn of the possibility of sarcopenic obesity, a condition characterized by excess body fat with loss of muscle mass and function, which can reduce the quality of life in the long term.

For more personal advice

The article advocates the need for more individualized and integrated approaches that take into account the time of day of eating (chrononitrition), the timing of physical activity, and the duration and regularity of sleep.

"Considering the chronotype can help to improve health recommendations and make them sustainable over time, especially in weight loss programs, preventing muscle loss and promoting healthy aging," said Núria Vilarrasa, professor at the UB Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and head of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Service at Bellvitge Hospital.

Implications for clinical practice and public health

Although it is a review of the scientific literature, the authors emphasize that these conclusions can have important implications for clinical practice and public health, since they open the door to prevention strategies that are more tailored to the individual characteristics of each individual.

"The main goal is for people to be active and avoid a sedentary lifestyle. However, a better understanding of these characteristics and habits allows the design of more precise interventions that help improve people's health and performance. Such an approach may be especially important in a society with irregular schedules and an increasingly aging population."Disease Research Group

See Roberto Barrientos-Salinas et al., chronotypes of the treatment of the flesh and quality of food."

Journal information: Nutrienti