EATING HABIT MYTHS
DEBUNKED Elin Molenaar From social media to health blogs, nutrition myths are all over the internet. If we look around us, many unhealthy eating myths around the world are just different cultural eating habits.
NAP FIRST, FOOD SECOND In many countries, having a late-night dinner is very common. In Spain, many restaurants close in the afternoon during the summer. The owners go home, and just like everyone else, have Siesta (a 1-2 hour afternoon nap), because it’s simply too hot to be doing anything else. At night, the cities come back to life and everyone goes out to have a nice meal. Having a big meal this late or eating before bed has been a controversial topic for years, but let’s take a look at the facts.
linkbcit.ca
There are no physiological reasons that eating before bed would cause weight gain. There’s also no evidence that calories count more before bedtime than throughout the day, according to several studies from PubMed Central. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with eating at night. The important part is what you’re eating and the nutrition value of the foods you’re consuming. It is easy to get hungry at night, but if it becomes a habit to reach for high-calorie foods, it can cause weight gain, simply because it becomes a bad habit. Reaching for fruits when hungry at night is a better alternative.
12
