Losing Muscle and Gaining Fat?

From eNewsletter 5/13/2026

DID YOU KNOW that late night eating and chronic stress are a bad combination?

According to a study presented at Digestive Disease Week 2026, participants who reported having high stress in addition to late-night eating habits had the highest prevalence of abnormal bowel habits (39.3%) compared to those with a low-stress/normal eating baseline. The high stress/poor diet high-risk group also had significant reductions in gut microbial diversity compared with healthy controls.

While stress alone degrades gut function, the combination with late-night eating creates a "double hit’"associated with pronounced bowel dysfunction and gut dysbiosis.

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