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When people skip dinner during time-restricted eating, evening cortisol levels tend to be lower; when they skip breakfast, morning cortisol levels tend to be lower. This suggests that when meals are eaten during the day affects the natural daily pattern of cortisol, potentially reflecting changes in stress hormone regulation.

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Skipping dinner lowers cortisol at night, and skipping breakfast lowers it in the morning — this study found that when you eat (or don’t eat) matters for your body’s stress hormone rhythm, just like the claim says.

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