Tips to Avoid Eating After Dinner

You are the one who gets up in the middle of the night and eat a sandwich? You know that this habit is harmful to your health?

"Our metabolism starts to decrease after 7 pm and suffers a sharp drop at 9," says Helene Charlebois nutritionist. Consequently, our body stores all the calories we consume from that time, a note from The Canadian Press.

If you think the reason you feel like eating at that time is simply because you're hungry, maybe you're wrong. Experts believe that this is more of a habit and can be a sign of other things that may be happening in our lives.

In the same article, Dr. Sonja Wicklum, who works at an Ottawa hospital that specializes in monitoring the weight of people, said that throughout the day to eat balanced meals, we will not need to eat after dinner and even sleep better.

NOT FOR THE NIGHT

As our diets affect the quality of our sleep, which in turn affects mood to wake up the next day, it is good to avoid eating certain things we can deprive a good rest.

For example, notes the article, on the nights we must forget about the caffeine, tea, chocolate, spicy foods and those high in fat. (Here you will find an article with more detailed information about which foods to help us sleep better.)

But why so late to eat can affect our quality of sleep? Reactivated because our digestive system, which was ready and willing to rest.

HOW TO BREAK THE BAD HABIT?

The dietitian Anna Leiper gives some guidelines to stop snacking at night: we must ask ourselves if we are hungry, angry, if we feel lonely, tired or bored.

If you recognize that you're really hungry, Leiper suggests that just took a small portion containing protein, such as yogurt, cheese, fruit or a small glass of milk. However if you realize that you have not hungry, you have to do something to distract you.

"I recommend people to wash their teeth. That changes the whole feeling of the mouth because when you think of food, saliva. If you're upset, do some exercise. If you're tired, go to a bed. If you're bored, distract yourself with some manual work, such as knitting, so you can not eat while you're at, "he explains.

In any case, if you need to eat something anyway, Charlebois recommends no more than 100 or 150 calories. "Half a cup of orange juice is the serving size listed, so if you want to drink a large glass fill it with water. We usually drink a lot of our calories. This is not what you choose, but how much choice. "