Many people attribute the reason for gaining weight to "eat before bedtime", but recently some studies have rejected this view, and even foreign websites point out that there are several advantages to eating before bedtime, that is, late-night snacks are not terrible. The amount of food you eat and what content are the key.
The Medical Science Department of Okayama University in Japan published a study pointing out that weight gain is due to high blood sugar levels. They spent three years studying 1,500 middle-aged and elderly people in western Japan and found that eating 2 hours before going to bed would not affect the blood sugar level, so eating late supper is not the main cause of weight gain.
{}The U.S. Agricultural Department conducted a study. One group of women ate a generous breakfast and lunch every day, and the other group ate a rich dinner and late-night snack. The two groups ate the same food, but the eating time was different. As a result, it was found that the late food group had a stronger fat reproductive rate, and the rate of body fat reduction was higher than that of the early food group.
Israel also had a six-month experiment. They divided a group of fat people with a BMI of over 30 into two groups. Both of them took low-heat, low-fat fat-reducing meals. They could eat powder and carbohydrates for one and three meals, and the other group was allowed to eat only at night. As a result, it was found that the effect of the late food group was better than that of the breakfast food group regardless of weight, waist, BMI, etc. Researchers have suggested that the diet changed from hormone secretion modes such as leptin during the night, which reduced the appetite during the day, and reduced the weight during the day, so it was more convenient.
The foreign website "healthy simple life" also points out how many benefits are there for eating before going to bed:
1. Stable blood sugar and improve insomnia
Fasting state of low blood sugar can affect sleep, resulting in lack of energy the next day. Eating before going to bed can stabilize blood sugar, thereby improving sleep quality, and making work more efficient the next day.
2. Strengthen the weight loss effect
When you feel hungry, the body will burn protein rather than fat. Over-consumption of protein will reduce the proportion of muscle in the body and the fat ratio will increase relatively, which is not beneficial for weight loss. However, it is worth noting that you still need to eat appropriately at night, and overeating will also reduce weight and damage your ability.
3. Help the body is still running while sleeping and needs energy to perform qian. Eating appropriately can supplement energy, help burn fat, and adjust the secretion of steroids.
Although eating before going to bed does not affect the reduction of weight, Linkou Chang Geng, doctor of the hospital's rehabilitation department, supplemented it. The above experiment was to move the powder to the evening to eat, and the total amount was still controlled, not to say that eating powder at night would help reduce weight. Furthermore, people who often eat midnight snacks often have a lot of bad habits, such as sleeping late, sleeping too little, having too much pressure, not eating breakfast, etc. Just picking out "eating before bed" is the culprit of obesity, which is unfair.
And the content of late-night snacks is usually not very healthy. For example, few people treat fruit salads as late-night snacks. He emphasizes that "what to eat" is more important than "when to eat", and just arrange the eating time that is most suitable for your work and life.