This is the Reason Why Forbidden Night Snacking!

You frequent snacking at night? Should stop! According to a recent study, snacking at night will only make you fatter than snacking during the day.

The study found that the body turns more turn food into fat in the evening. Meanwhile, the food tends to be converted into fuel during the day.

According to the scientists who performed experiments on mice, rats' ability to regulate their blood sugar is recorded varies throughout the day. In addition, when disrupted circadian clock may cause excessive fat deposits.

This finding could explain why night-shift workers are more prone to diabetes and obesity, according to researchers.

"Messing up your biological clock will result in metabolic disorders, so there is a tendency to accumulate fat, even with the same amount of calorie intake or diet," said study co-author Carl Johnson, a chronobiologist at Vanderbilt University.

"It's not just what you eat but when you eat is also important time," Johnson said as quoted Zeenews.com.

Several previous studies have shown that night shift workers tend to gain excess weight and are more likely to develop diabetes. Researchers speculate that the circadian clock plays a role in fat deposition behind, though how the process is still a mystery.

The study is published in the journal Current Biology.