Should we eat after 18.00 o clock?

The principle of not eating after 18.00 is a myth that taken root in our culture.

The truth is that food should be completed in four hours before bedtime. So if we go sleep at 22.00 the principle of not eating after 18 is for you the most accurate and you should pay some attention to it. In today's world, where there is a lack of time only some peoples can afford such a luxury like a sleeping from 22.00. So if You end the day around 24, the last snack you can take should be around 20.00.


What counts is not only time but also the last meal. To maintain current weight or decrease it , the last meal's ingredients should not contain:


• Carbohydrates, especially simple in the sweet, white bread, fruit and fruit juices. Persons who wish to obtain the effect of reducing body weight are recommended to dispense with any kind of carbohydrates (even complex).


• High fat products. The excess energy contained in them very easily change into the deposition of fatty tissue. In addition, these products are very indigestible and consumed at night can cause problems on the part of the gastrointestinal upset and the unpleasant sensation of "gravity" in the next day.


• Heavy meals (any - volume or energy). Even if not much of food was eaten in one day, is good to ensure that the last meal was not abundant. The excess energy contained in it can not be used for current expenses. In addition, abundant meals extend capacity of stomach and often causes a feeling of gravity and diseases of the gastrointestinal upset. In addition, eating large quantities of food in the evening, makes the next morning, we do not have the mood for breakfast, which is known as a very negative phenomenon.



Evening snack recommendation:

• Vegetables combined with low-fat meat
• Roasted fish with vegetables
• Dairy Low fat products, cottage cheese with vegetables or yogurt
• Omelette with vegetables