- When it comes to eating healthy,

most of us focus on what we eat.

But new researchindicates that when we eat

is just as important, if not more so.

Take a look.

- [Reporter] It's safe tosay that one of the top

new years resolutions is to eat healthier.

But recent studies show that when you eat

is just as important as what you eat.

Best selling authorDoctor Michael Roizen says

the internal clock that drives our lives

also affects how we process food.

As the co-author of What to Eat When,

Dr Roizen gives real foodadvice and tasty options

for what to eat whenyou're stressed, hangry,

or grieving.

It offers a powerfulnew way to achieve your

very best life.

- Well please welcomeback to the 700 Club,

Dr Michael Roizen, it'swonderful to have you here again.

- It's great to be here Terry, thank you.

- So what we eat, now isimportant but maybe not as

important as when we eat it.

- Well when we eat is reallyimportant because what

we've learned is thatcalorie is not a calorie,

is not a calorie.

So calories eaten in the morning have less

if you will, weight gainthen calories eaten in the

evening because webecome insulin resistant

through the day.

- Years ago, didn't ourgenerations before us eat,

I can remember mygrandparents eating their

big meal at noon, they called it dinner.

And then evening was supper.

- They were doing it the right way.

They were eating, if you will, the way

our bodies want us to eat.

And that was because ifyou will, in the hunter

gatherer period, we had to store fat.

So if you ate a lot atnight, if you had gotten

something good on thehunt or the gathering,

you would store that so you could survive

if you didn't succeed thenext day or the day after.

Now, we have plenty of calories.

- [Terry] Yes we do.

- So we still should beeating that way though

with very little food atnight and more in the morning

in the calorie rich period.

- So basically that'swhat you're saying as far

as when we should be eating.

- Yeah, I have Mr Sun here, if you will.

So we should eat when this guy is out.

And if you need a light bulbto eat, you shouldn't be.

The point is that we want to eat,

and it's calledchrononutrition, works with our

circadian rhythm, you knowof your circadian rhythm

by when you sleep.

You sleep when it's dark out.

Well, you should be not eatingwhen its dark out either.

And the reason is because in the morning,

our insulin is veryeffective at taking sugar

and putting it in our cells.

But in the evening, webecome insulin resistant.

We become if you'renormal and not diabetic,

in the morning, you'reprediabetic in the evening.

So you turn that sugar into triglycerides,

which gets stored as fat.

So it's just the way our hormones work.

- And our bodies justseem to want it that way.

Talk a little bit aboutwhat the food clock is.

- So the food clock is, essentially is,

you eat a little bit inthe evening, and you switch

the way we've eaten.

In America, we eat alot in the, if you will,

in the evening, we want to switch that.

So make, eat, if you will,my favorite phrase is

in fact, eat dinner for breakfast.

You cook at night so youhave more time to cook,

but then put it in the refrigerator

and eat it in the morning.

And it has a lot ofbenefits, we'll go through

one of these is actually a cold pasta.

And pasta becomes resistancestarch when it's cold.

So it acts like fiber, soit's even better for you

for your health by eatingdinner for breakfast.

- One of the things youmentioned is that this

could also effect weightloss, which everybody's

interested in, especially aswe start a brand new year.

But, how long does it take,if we reverse our eating

habits and start doing whatyou're talking about here

and what your book spellsis, how long before

we see some results from that?

- Well you'll see resultswithin the first week.

So, we took 40 people andthey went on this and after

a month, the average weightloss was eight pounds.

Some had lost more,but they come and take,

and it's really the interesting thing is

after about four days ofswitching, you don't feel

hungry at all at night.

So you know that late nighteating that many people

had, so Pat may havehad it last night while

watching Clemson and Alabama.

But other than that.

- [Terry] Yeah, but hemunches on blueberries,

so he's good to go.

- Blueberries and walnuts,dark chocolate are perfect.

- He's got it covered.

Well, let's look at some ofthe options that you have here.

Lets start down here.

- So this is actuallymy favorite breakfast,

so it's salmon burgers,so it's a salmon burger

that you would normally have at dinner.

But it's a great breakfast food.

- So do you cook this in the morning?

- I cook it in the evening.

And then put it in therefrigerator and eat

it, you can either heatit up, I eat it cold.

And so--- [Terri] It doesn't matter

whether its cold or hot.

- Right and so really what you're doing is

getting the benefitsof intermittent fasting

without the work of it.

Because essentially you'resaying I'm cooking this at dinner

but I'm stopping eating at 7:00 PM.

And that's when the sun goes down.

And then I'll eat this at 7:00 or 10:00 AM

so you're getting 12 hoursof intermittent fasting.

You're essentially gettingthe benefits of intermittent

fasting for health orketosis for weight loss

without any of the work.

- Seems to be the big thing right now.

- Well, it actually works for both health

and for weight loss ormaximizing your health

and your weight loss.

But you don't have to work at it this way.

- So this salad's beautiful, what is that?

- Well this is a great salad.

This salad is perfectfor lunch and it's also

perfect for your bones.

Now the reason is becauseyou get the calcium

from the leafy greens,and you get vitamin D,

you can put a littlesalmon, it's got actually

healthy fat in here withavocado and walnuts.

And this is an avocado cream.

And I don't know whetheror not it'll show,--

- [Terry] Oh that looks delicious.

- but it's a cream, but it isjust avocado and olive oil.

So what you do is you peel the avocado,

put it in a blender, andadd a little olive oil

till it makes it creamy.

- Just enough to get the creamy mixture.

- And then so you get areally healthy dressing

from just avocado andextra virgin olive oil.

- That's a great lunch.- It's a great lunch,

you're right.- So what do

we have here?

- This is a Pharaoh soup, so--

- What does that mean?

Is that a grain?

- It's a grain, so we're notsaying you can't eat carbs,

in fact you can eatcarbs, this one is hot.

Just a little, but a lot of veggies in it,

and what happens with itis in fact you cook it

at dinner, you put it in a thermos,

you know those old thermos's that you had?

- [Terri] Yes, yes.

- Well they still work,it's the amazing thing.

So my co-author on this,Mike Houpain, the first time

he did this, he put it inone of the old thermos's

and he just poured it anddrank some, if you will,

and he burned his tongue.

So those old thermos's--

- So you do this again, night before?

- Night before, and it'sfor lunch the next day.

- What's this?

- This is again a Pharaohsalad or looks like brown

rice salad with some avocados and veggies.

Again, it's very healthy and easy to eat,

and easy to prepare.

- [Terry] And cold, you do this one cold?

- That's right, by beingcold you're getting resistant

starch, so if you, right,so it doesn't raise

your blood sugar anyplace near as quickly.

It's the peak of bloodsugar that's bad for insulin

release and for ourfluctuations and blood pressure.

So by doing it this wayyou're aligning your nutrition

and your food and itmaximizes your weight loss.

- Perfect, and what arethese little things?

- This is my favorite cause it's so easy

and you put it in a jar.

These are roasted chickpeas, so I take two cans

of chick peas, rinse them out.

Put 'em on a paper towel,you dry them in the

paper towel, you put themin a little bowl like this

with a little oliveoil and I love curcumin

and rosemary and garlic.

So you get a little bit on,put them on a baking pan,

put it at 400 degreesor so for 10 minutes,

you rotate it once, another 10 minutes.

- So it's like a snack?

- It's a snack when you'restressed, it's a snack

when you want somethingthat's healthy protein

and wonderful to eat and crunchy.

- And that's importantwhen you're snacking,

for those of us who like to evening snack.

But it's healthy, so there you go.

And this is just a littlebit, we are skimming

the surface of what is inDr Roizen's latest book

called What to Eat When.

It's available where books are sold,

and you can hear more fromDr Roizen and our social

interview on Facebook, goto Facebook.com/700Club.

So much wonderful information,highly recommend the book.

Thank you so much--- Thank you.

- It's always wonderful to have you here.

- Thank you, it's wonderful.