Eating Before Sleep: What To Eat Before Bed?
Conventional
wisdom says that Eating
Before Bed causes weight gain because your metabolism slows down when
you fall asleep. This causes any undigested calories to be stored as fat. Yet
many health experts say that eating before bed is perfectly
fine and may even improve sleep or weight loss.
We
all get those bedtime urges to stuff our faces with every delicious treat in
our fridge. The next time you want to grab something to eat before you go to
bed, ask yourself this question: Do you want to frighten the kids in the
morning when fat rolls violently spill over your pants? Sorry to be blunt, but
here's why you need to ask yourself that exact question.
After dinner,
your body automatically begins preparing for sleep by naturally slowing your body's
metabolic rate. What does that mean in English? That means that your body slows
the rate at which it burns calories. The only calories your body should burn
during sleep are the ones required to keep your beating, your lungs pumping,
and your eyes moving during REM sleep.
When
you eat right before bed, your body is forced to spend energy on digesting that
food during the night. Sleep is supposed to reenergize you, not fatigue you! In
addition, food may not properly digest during the night, which can lead to
stomach cramps and bloating the following day.
When you feel bloated
or cramped, it is often a result of the gas and food particles
left over from improper digestion. Think about that the next time you devour a
chocolate bar right before you hit the sack.
Sleep
is the most valuable tool you possess as a human being. During sleep, your body
releases 80% of its powerful fat burning, muscle-building hormone called HGH,
human growth hormone.
When
the body is forced to exert energy by digesting food during the night, the
production of HGH slows. Eating before bed can also inhibit the way your body
burns calories the following day. You will be less hungry in the morning and
will likely skip out on breakfast. As a result, you will miss the metabolism boosting
benefits that breakfast provides.
Breakfast,
jumpstarts your metabolism after it has slowed during the night. That's right,
eating actually increases your metabolism! If you eat the right foods, you can
dramatically boost your metabolism.
Here's some advice to
help you shed that ugly fat that seems to never go away.
Always be just slightly hungry. When you're slightly hungry, it means you're
losing weight.
This
is your body's way of telling you that it's shedding unwanted fat. Eat
frequently throughout the day. Eat three hours apart. Always eat small snacks
before meals. This will prevent you from overeating at the dinner table, which
seriously frightens the kids. Consistently drink water. Water can actually help
curb your hunger.
Ok,
I hear what you saying: "What do I do if I get those carb cravings before
bed?" Eat some. Just make sure they are high in fiber and low-glycemic.
Here's some good choices: Apples,
Berries, Peaches, Plums, Bran Cereal, Fresh Vegetables, And Vegetable Juice.
If you're trying to build muscle here's a good end of the day meal option - low
fat cottage cheese with fresh or canned fruit. This should take care of your
nighttime eating habit.
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