Many weight loss methods are circulating online and in magazines these days, with claims of incredibly enticing results. But are these popular methods actually effective? Today, we'll answer those questions one by one.
Myth 1: You can't eat after 8 PM?
The prevailing theory is that if you eat early, the food will usually be digested, but if you eat late, the food will not be metabolized before you go to sleep, and will therefore accumulate in your body and turn into fat.
The truth is: Calorie burning doesn't differ by time. In other words, the body digests and burns calories at the same rate in the morning, noon, and evening; it doesn't vary with the time of day. Although food consumed at night stays in the body a little longer due to lower activity levels, these calories are burned and used up when we start moving around the next morning. However, despite this, eating at night is still not a good habit, because people often eat unhealthy foods when they are tired and hungry at night.
Recommendation: If you have a habit of indulging in ice cream or buttered popcorn before bed, we strongly suggest you break this seemingly wonderful "bad habit." If you stick to this for a year, even without any other weight loss efforts, you will definitely lose a significant amount of weight.
If you feel very hungry at night, eat some healthy foods such as fruit, milk, or oatmeal. People who eat late are usually hungrier and more tired. In this state, they don't choose their food as carefully, so they tend to overeat and are more likely to eat unhealthy foods, making weight gain inevitable. Therefore, it's best to keep the intervals between meals no more than 5 hours, otherwise it's easy to develop an unhealthy diet.
