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Meh, breakfast was never a magic meal. The point to it is just this: if you wake up hungry it means you didn't go to bed full. Most of the people I know who don

by markbnj 12y ago

Meh, breakfast was never a magic meal. The point to it is just this: if you wake up hungry it means you didn't go to bed full. Most of the people I know who don't eat breakfast snack well into the night. Most of the people I know who don't snack at night (like myself) wake up very hungry. As to which is better for you I have no real idea, but I always suspected sleeping on a bellyful of food was not a great thing. In any case, I simple find it uncomfortable, which is why I don't do it.

Theodores 12y ago
> sleeping on a bellyful of food This is supposed to be bad for you (according to those that grew up watching adverts for breakfast 'cereals'). You are supposed to go for a constitutional walk after a large meal, not pass out asleep. I have observed what cats, dogs and animals on nature programmes do. Maybe they did not get the memo from the experts. As a rule with no exceptions I can think of, all of them go to sleep shortly after eating a large meal. The athletes with the highest calorie requirements - Tour de France cyclists - they go to bed on a sizeable meal. It doesn't seem to be a problem for them. Where did this idea come from that you should not sleep on a full stomach?
- chc 12y ago
  Most animals are not obligate bipeds. Their bodies are intended to be horizontal all the time.
sethammons 12y ago
I have a decent breakfast every morning (750 to 1500 cal). And I eat dinner every night (around a thousand cal). On nights when I have a particularly huge dinner, especially if I eat late, I wake up crazy hungry.
stinos 12y ago
if you wake up hungry it means you didn't go to bed full you is too general here. Maybe what you say is true for you, but nor for everyone. Not everybody's body works in the same way, and not everybody's stomach and digestive system works at the asame rate. I can eat all I want, I'll still be hungry in the morning (or more general, half a day or less later). There is one steady effect of eating too much before going to bed for me though: I get horrifying dreams. Really, horrifying. I also can't imagine it's super good for your sleep when your body still has a lot of digesting work to do.

by markbnj 12y ago

Theodores 12y ago

> sleeping on a bellyful of food This is supposed to be bad for you (according to those that grew up watching adverts for breakfast 'cereals'). You are supposed to go for a constitutional walk after a large meal, not pass out asleep. I have observed what cats, dogs and animals on nature programmes do. Maybe they did not get the memo from the experts. As a rule with no exceptions I can think of, all of them go to sleep shortly after eating a large meal. The athletes with the highest calorie requirements - Tour de France cyclists - they go to bed on a sizeable meal. It doesn't seem to be a problem for them. Where did this idea come from that you should not sleep on a full stomach?

chc 12y ago
Most animals are not obligate bipeds. Their bodies are intended to be horizontal all the time.

sethammons 12y ago

I have a decent breakfast every morning (750 to 1500 cal). And I eat dinner every night (around a thousand cal). On nights when I have a particularly huge dinner, especially if I eat late, I wake up crazy hungry.

stinos 12y ago

if you wake up hungry it means you didn't go to bed full you is too general here. Maybe what you say is true for you, but nor for everyone. Not everybody's body works in the same way, and not everybody's stomach and digestive system works at the asame rate. I can eat all I want, I'll still be hungry in the morning (or more general, half a day or less later). There is one steady effect of eating too much before going to bed for me though: I get horrifying dreams. Really, horrifying. I also can't imagine it's super good for your sleep when your body still has a lot of digesting work to do.