Why Eating After 7pm Turns to Belly Fat Disturbs Sleep and Increase Risk of Hypertension. This one is very common, and it affects a lot of people in their early 40s,50s, and 60s.
The habit of eating late at night by 7pm or 8pm, your body is hungry and tired, so you now eat a full plate sometimes, even after 9 p.m., you are still licking soup or eating leftover rice. You say, “Let me just eat and sleep.”
But here’s the truth: food eaten at night is not digested the same way as food eaten in the day. This is because by our biological clock, humans wind down at night, your body is getting ready to rest, not work and food digestion is work for the body.
Digestion becomes slower at night. Sugar stays longer in your blood insulin becomes lazy. Instead of burning the food, your body stores it.
That’s why belly fat increases and sleep becomes shallow and some people even notice they wake up tired or they start having night palpitations and leg heaviness.
Late eating affects your blood pressure. It confuses your liver and it makes your metabolism weaker as you grow older.
What You Can Do To Age Healthy
1. Fix your dinner between 5:30pm and 7pm. No heavy food after that.
2. If you’re hungry at night, drink warm water with scent leaf or chew cucumber.
3. Avoid tea with milk or sweetened drinks at night.
4. Sit up for 30 minutes after eating, even if you’re tired.
5. Try walking a little after dinner. It helps digestion and BP control.
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