Some people order chicken to eat while they sleep. It is inevitable that the late at night you go out, the more you think of ramen or chimaek.
Late night eating is a cause of obesity and insomnia, and if it is continued for a long time, a red flag will be turned on for health. Eating late at night makes it difficult to fall asleep because melatonin secretion decreases during the time the food is digested. If you want to stop eating late at night, you need to pay attention to the change in your body that runs when you stop eating late at night.
Quitting late-night meals is effective for a good night’s sleep
For a good night’s sleep, it is recommended that the amount of dinner should be less than 20% of the total daily meal amount. It is effective to have a good night’s sleep by eating a hearty lunch and a light dinner for at least 3 hours before going to bed on an empty stomach. If you eat late at night, the blood level of melatonin, a sleep-inducing neurotransmitter, drops by half, making it difficult to get a good night’s sleep. Caffeine drinks such as coffee and green tea should be avoided as well as burdensome late-night meals such as ramen and chicken.
Diet effect even if you stop eating late at night
If you eat a late-night snack at night when your metabolism and activity level decrease, the extra calories you consume are easily stored as body fat without being consumed. During the day, the sympathetic nervous system is actively working to consume energy, but at night, the parasympathetic nervous system is actively working to store energy. After all, even if you eat the same amount of food, it is easier to accumulate fat at night. Pay attention to the fact that even if you stop eating late at night and get a good night’s sleep, there is a diet effect.
Stomach healthy if you stop eating late at night
If you can’t sleep late at night due to hunger, you should eat only a very small amount of food that is not burdensome on the stomach, such as milk and tomatoes. If you eat late night food and go to bed, you will have indigestion and gas in your intestines. Especially if you eat before bedtime, undigested food remains in the lower part of your stomach. This causes the secreted gastric acid to irritate the stomach and cause inflammation, which causes various gastrointestinal diseases. If you want a healthy stomach, you must stop eating late at night.
If you stop eating late at night, your memory and learning ability will increase.
A study in rats found that rats who ate before bed had poor memory and learning abilities. At night, the brain also needs to rest, and if you eat late-night food, your brain needs to be active even if you fall asleep while it is being digested. It is said that memory and learning ability are reduced because of late-night eating, so students and examinees should be especially careful regarding burdensome late-night meals.
Reporter Kim Soo-hyun ksm78@kormedi.com
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