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10/14 hour intermittent fasting would also include a regime where you eat before bed (22h) and then don't eat until noon next day. What makes you think that ea
by balfirevic 7y ago
10/14 hour intermittent fasting would also include a regime where you eat before bed (22h) and then don't eat until noon next day.
What makes you think that eating before bed is "really bad"?
- nickjj 7y ago> What makes you think that eating before bed is "really bad"? I don't know, I don't have any science behind that decision. I just remember tales of my parents and people saying not to eat a lot right before sleeping and then looking at people around me who routinely eat late at night and they were heavier than others (not in every case, but most). These would be people who would eat dinner at let's say 6-7pm but then eat something decently sized (sandwiches, left overs from dinner, ice cream, etc.) again at 10:30pm then goto bed around 11pm-midnight.
- balfirevic 7y agoThey also probably routinely eat in the morning too! I think we can safely put put not eating before bed in the same bucket as eating lot of small meals throughout the day. It's not that those things are universally good or bad. It's just that both strategies help some people eat appropriate amount of food, but are totally useless (or worse) for others.
- skohan 7y agoI don't think there's anything inherently bad about it. One thing I've heard as a reason to avoid late-night eating is that willpower tends to decrease as the day goes on. Therefore late at night, you might be more likely to give in and eat those super-high-calorie foods, like a bowl of ice-cream or greasy takeout. It's not that eating a bowl of kale at midnight is worse than eating one at lunch time.