Chrononutrition: Why When You Eat Matters
Chrononutrition explores how meal timing affects metabolism, weight, energy and sleep. Eating in sync with...

Written by: Pippa Thackeray
Written on: September 23, 2025
Pippa is a content writer and qualified Nutritional Therapist (DipNT) creating research-based content with a passion for many areas of wellbeing, including hormonal health, mental health and digestive health.
As a contributor to The Healf Source, she regularly attends seminars and programmes on a plethora of contemporary health issues and modern research insights with a drive to never stop learning. In addition, interviewing experts and specialists across The Four Pillars: EAT, MOVE, MIND, SLEEP.
In her spare time, she is an avid swimmer, mindfulness and yoga lover, occasionally bringing a raw, honest approach to the topics she faces. You may also discover some personal accounts of eye-opening wellbeing experiences amidst the reality of a disorientating, and often conflicting, modern wellbeing space.
- 1. The science of timing
- 2. What is chrononutrition?
- 3. The problem with late eating
- 4. Can eating at the ‘wrong’ time negatively impact my health?
- 5. How does food connect to the circadian rhythm?
- 6. Are you a morning type or a night owl?
- 7. What does the research tell us?
- 8. Does it work in real life?
- 9. 5 ways to eat with your body clock
- 10. Is chrononutrition about fasting?
- 11. What's next for this fascinating field?
- 12. What you should know about chrononutrition
- 13. Support your body clock