IF is based on the idea that nutrient timing isn't important partially because digestion is along process that you have little control over. The idea that late

IF is based on the idea that nutrient timing isn't important partially because digestion is along process that you have little control over. The idea that late night snacks are bad for you is based on the idea that nutrient timing is important, that you are sedentary at night so you don't want to eat then. (This idea has lost most of its support recently and now eating at night is seen the same as eating during the day -- your body doesn't care when you eat). These two ideas are fundamentally at odds with each other. I find the IF people to be a strange bunch with a lot of contradictory ideas.