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Tip #10. Do Not Eat Before Going To Bed

Added: 6/16/2007 7:16:30 AM

Eating too much before bedtime is not healthy. Have a light snack 2 hours before sleep time the latest. This advice has simple explanation. Your organism stays awake digesting the food, so even if you fall asleep part of your body is not "sleeping" and overall you still have less effective sleep which is not restful. You will need more sleep which in turn will not let you wake up easily.

Same applies to drinking lots of water, cola or any other beverages - you will feel discomfort and will have to get up to urinate during the night. If you feel thirsty put a glass of water near the bed and take a little sip from it from time to time before you fall asleep or when you wake up during the night.

Please note that going to bed hungry or thirsty is not good either and can be just as disruptive to sleep as going to bed too full. Having very light snack or glass of milk will help you ease the hunger. Check this Yahoo!Food article to decide what to eat for a good sleep:

Top 10 Foods for a Good Night's Sleep from Yahoo!Food

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Solace says:
9/14/2007 7:06:59 AM
Bleh, I always eat just before bed because I have such a high metabolism that I actually lose weight (muscle etc) if I don't eat :(.

Maybe just some protein and light snacks is in order...
Bonas Macfarlane says:
10/1/2007 7:37:27 AM
Thats very much true. Beside it is advised to have only light dinner such as salads.. there is a saying like thus: breakfast like a king, lunch like a normal man and dinner like a beggar!!

Matt says:
12/29/2007 2:19:23 PM
I asked my doctor about this, after several of my friends warned me of the effects of my habit of eating before bed. My doctor said that there is no medical evidence that 'Your organism stays awake digesting the food, so even if you fall asleep part of your body is not "sleeping"'.

The worst that might happen is if you often experience heartburn, acid reflux may bother you when you lie down immediately after eating.

In fact, my doctor said that if I find that eating before bed helps me to sleep better, then I should by all means continue doing so. Perhaps your next tip should be "Try eating before bed"!
GreenGhost says:
12/31/2007 1:46:57 PM
I think that if you suffer acid reflux, you probably already know that eating at night can prove to be very painful. Also, if you overindulge in food or drink at night, especially foods and drinks which upset the stomach, the acid is usually more acidic (thus more potent) and causes serious pain in the esophagus. The main two tubes of the throat are the esophagus (food travels here) and the trachea (oxygen and carbon dioxide travel here). GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, or acid reflux, can make you decide differently about whether to eat or drink. While it may be fine for some people to eat or drink before bed, those with acid reflux definitely want to stay away from this habit. Some nighttime medicines also create a powerful desire to eat just before bed. It's hard to say to yourself, "This may hurt me in the long run," but if you are on these medicines and you have reflux, don't do it - you may not feel the pain, but the erosion of the esophagus will still occur gradually over time. So save yourself some expensive future health bills and take care of your esophagus.
Matt benches says:
1/4/2008 2:58:31 PM
Thanks for the information.Should i have to restrict the junk food or dinner itself??
If i goto bed without eating then my stomach dont allow me to sleep....
Steve says:
1/14/2008 8:02:38 PM
You want to make sure not to eat anything at least 2 hours before going to bed because sleeping greatly decreases your metabolism in order to focus on other bodily functions such as healing, repair, and growth (1). If your food is not properly metabolized then it is more likely to be quickly stored as fat.

1. Hyman, Mark. "The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss:Ultra-Metabolism." pg 104
adam says:
5/5/2008 10:37:10 PM
if you're not a damn m.d., then stop writing health advice. i've heard m.d.'s say otherwise on this topic. seriously, if you're going to give advice, be sure to have credit to back it up.
beef recipe says:
5/6/2008 8:58:10 PM
Great tip and so true. Eating before going to bed actually wakes us up and since our metabolism go down when we sleep, it also store more fat from the food. It may be hard for many people to change this bad habit (it was for me), but once you manage to do it, you'll sleep way better and wake up early and in top shape!
Mythbuster says:
5/24/2008 2:48:50 PM
This is a myth. There is absolutely no medical evidence for this advice. It has been discredited many, many, times and yet it still pops all over the place. Some proof:
"[Dietitian Dr Trent Watson] sets the record straight: "It's the total
energy you eat throughout the day that's important. You can eat all
your daily kilojoules after 6pm, and you won't gain any more weight
than if you ate it earlier in the day. Weight gain occurs when you
consume more energy than you expend."
"Myth: Eating after 8 p.m. causes weight gain.
Fact: It does not matter what time of day you eat. It is what and how
much you eat and how much physical activity you do during the whole
day that determines whether you gain, lose, or maintain your weight.
No matter when you eat, your body will store extra calories as fat." From the National Institute of Health Website.
Most problems associated with eating at night are for people with asthma or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) and those risks are mainly pulmonary and resuscitative in nature.Please research your facts before printing them.
Bestdeals Electronics says:
5/25/2008 2:09:05 PM
Eating too much before bedtime is not healthy.
Yeah, I think so.
Promotional Items says:
5/29/2008 3:48:25 PM
We should go sleep only after two or three hours after dinning. Drinking water will make you wake up in the mid of the night, you should drink your last glass of water 3-4 hours before bed time. Oh!, don't drink water when having dinner, it makes your diggestion longer.
Danielle.. says:
6/13/2008 1:37:18 PM
Eating before you go to bed is bad.
Obvi initt,,
I mean,, when u eat in the day you'll be walking around and bla bla bla but as ur going to bed then you not doing anything to burn thos calories that u have just intaken into ur system.
But by al means if you sleep better then eat a little amount not alot.,
and if just "eating" helps then try eating fruit..
im tryin to find a diet that i need to loose weight on fast cos im so depressed about my weight it unbalivable,, if anyone has one tha i can do with out fish or grapefruit.. or anything tha i cant rli get from shop init,, have u gotta diet with jus like normal food tha we all eat if u get me??
and if u eat half of what ur eating does it shrink ur stomach?
someone right bac to me if u want?
danni_babe49@msn.com
thanks
xxx
Ecstasy Pills says:
6/14/2008 11:37:03 AM
Can we drink at least a cup of milk before going to bed? I feel hungry sometimes and a cup of warm milk helps a lot.
Science says:
6/20/2008 8:38:32 AM
I agree with this but I always thought that some meals which are rich in carbohyrdrates have a certain chemcial which causes an individual to become more sleepy, ill have to check up on this and report back
grants for college says:
6/21/2008 8:49:27 AM
a glass of mineral watter is enough before take a sleep

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