Do you eat foods before go to bed?
By lixiaos77
@lixiaos77 (1030)
Shijiazhuang, China
August 9, 2008 8:23am CST
I usually eat something before go to bed because I believe foods will help consume stomach acid and keep me healthy. But some people say that if you eat something before go to bed, the stomach will secrete more stomach acid, which will do harm to your health.
Do you eat something before you go to bed?
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7 responses
@shell1986 (405)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I normally try not to eat right before I go to bed because when you go to sleep your metabolism slows down and you don't have time to burn off the excess calories you have consumed. Plus, sometimes if I eat certain foods before I go to sleep I have really weird dreams. This is why I don't eat ice cream really late at night. Most dieticians say that you should not eat after 7 or 8 pm anyway.
@shell1986 (405)
• United States
9 Aug 08
If you are going to eat something at night I would go with something healthy. I would even go so far as to suggest trying a negative calorie food at night. These negative calorie foods use more energy digesting the food than it actually takes in. These include apples and celery sticks.
@lixiaos77 (1030)
• Shijiazhuang, China
9 Aug 08
In winter I will easily get hungry at night and I would like to have some. Good luck.
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
9 Aug 08
Hello,Lixiaos! Generally we eat our meals between 10 and 11 PM.and sleep not before 1.00 AM.so in between dinner and sleep we keep the gap of three to four hours so that stomach will be half empty by the time we sleep.sleeping soon after dinner may cause acidity and pains in the stomach.thanx.
@lixiaos77 (1030)
• Shijiazhuang, China
9 Aug 08
I will consider your way of night-eating. It sounds scientific. Good luck.
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
1 Jan 09
I do and I need it. I sleep during daytime because my work shift is at night. so I have to eat before I sleep around 12nn-1pm and if I’m still awake until 3pm, I would eat again because for sure, my next meal would be until 4am. I easily lose my appetite during night time so I eat as much as I can during daytime – which hard.
@darlene06 (284)
• Philippines
9 Aug 08
i used eat before going to bed but i realized that in doing so, i was gaining a lot and i was getting fatter.. then i was advised to stop..
it's not good to eat before going to bed because aside from gaining weight, it causes us to have stomach ache in the morning.. they say it's because our body's digestive system works the slowest at this times.. It is more advisable to eat a lot during the day and lessen it as going to bed approaches.. it keeps us more healthy in this way rather than eating before going to bed.
@zeny_zion (1283)
• Philippines
9 Aug 08
i usually eat heavy breakfast. i mean really heavy cause i eat rice vegetables and fish with coffee in the morning. lunch, i only eat bread, sandwich spread and iced tea or water. for snack, usually just sliced of cake or anything that is light. biscuits or instant noodles. for dinner none. i dont eat anymore. after six no foods for me. thats what my diet is. theres something wrong with my heart and my cholesterol got high once. so im just being careful with what i eat now.
@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
9 Aug 08
Usually me and my fiance will eat something before we go to bed,because I believe if you eat before you go to bed,while your asleep you will burn off the calories that you consumed,and also if you eat before you go to bed,you are less likely to wake up in the middle of the night hungry,which means you should sleep longer,and get a better sleep,than those who do not eat before going to bed.
