4.7 Article

Timing of chocolate intake affects hunger, substrate oxidation, and microbiota: A randomized controlled trial

Journal

FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 35, Issue 7, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1096/fj.202002770RR

Keywords

circadian; chocolate; energy balance; glucose control; microbiota

Funding

  1. Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN) [SAF2017-84135-R, RTI2018-097982-B-I00]
  2. FEDER
  3. Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia through the Seneca Foundation [20795/PI/18]
  4. NIDDK [R01DK105072]
  5. NIH [R01DK105072, R01HL094806, R01HL118601, R01DK099512, R01DK102696]

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The study found that consuming chocolate in the morning or in the evening/night had different effects on hunger and appetite, body weight, energy intake, substrate oxidation, fasting glucose, microbiota, and sleep rhythms.
Eating chocolate in the morning or in the evening/at night, may differentially affect energy balance and impact body weight due to changes in energy intake, substrate oxidation, microbiota (composition/function), and circadian-related variables. In a randomized controlled trial, postmenopausal females (n = 19) had 100 g of chocolate in the morning (MC), in the evening/at night (EC), or no chocolate (N) for 2 weeks and ate any other food ad libitum. Our results show that 14 days of chocolate intake did not increase body weight. Chocolate consumption decreased hunger and desire for sweets (P < .005), and reduced ad libitum energy intake by similar to 300 kcal/day during MC and similar to 150 kcal/day during EC (P = .01), but did not fully compensate for the extra energy contribution of chocolate (542 kcal/day). EC increased physical activity by +6.9%, heat dissipation after meals +1.3%, and carbohydrate oxidation by +35.3% (P < .05). MC reduced fasting glucose (4.4%) and waist circumference (-1.7%) and increased lipid oxidation (+25.6%). Principal component analyses showed that both timings of chocolate intake resulted in differential microbiota profiles and function (P < .05). Heat map of wrist temperature and sleep records showed that EC induced more regular timing of sleep episodes with lower variability of sleep onset among days than MC (60 min vs 78 min; P = .028). In conclusion, having chocolate in the morning or in the evening/night results in differential effects on hunger and appetite, substrate oxidation, fasting glucose, microbiota (composition and function), and sleep and temperature rhythms. Results highlight that the when we eat is a relevant factor to consider in energy balance and metabolism.

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