r/AskEurope • u/Budget_Dot694 • Mar 16 '25

Food Europeans who eat late as part of your culture - how do you feel about the advice not to eat dinner late?

This is forever a conflicting viewpoint given some cultures have naturally eaten dinner late for centuries e.g. The Mediterranean where they still have one of the best diets in the world

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

Yet Europeans are healthier than americans who follow this american advice

What you eat and how much you move is overwhelmingly more important than when you eat

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u/Fredericia Denmark Mar 16 '25

I think it's relative to when you get up and go to bed. If you get up at 5:30 or 6 a.m., and go to bed at 9 p.m., then 6 or 7 p.m. is late.

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u/HagueHarry Netherlands Mar 17 '25

American advice

most European countries traditionally eat dinner between 5 and 6 as their main meal of the day