Food & diet…

[Bonic]

Can someone please explain to me why some people say you should not eat after dinner or after 10 o’clock? Also can you eat anything for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, does it really matter if you eat a dinner meal for breakfast?
- peace
- Bonic

[shadow joe]

You shouldn't eat before you go to bed because your metabolism slows down when you sleep, so if you eat a huge fatty meal and sleep on it you are more apt to have unused calories in your system that will turn to fat.


for breakfast, that's the time when you worry about fat the least, because it's the beginning of your day and you have the rest of the time to burn it off....

you can eat steak for breakfast, but i would skip the potatoes

assuming you are male, focus on something high protien... and some carbs but not a lot...


ideal breakfast for toning up and building muscle is:


2 eggs, 1 yolk (just don't eat one of the yolks, the easiest way is to fry 'em and make one overhard and don't eat the yolk cause of it's additional fat content)

1 bowl of grapenuts

toast

Orange Juice:



so basically add all that up and eat that same CONTENT everyday... i just guess nowadays but when I used to work with a personal trainer he explained to me that I could eat anything I wanted as long as it was the right portions and at the right time.


and another good tip is to eat six small meals a day -


for me that means something along the lines of the breakfast i described: 2 sandwiches + fruit and chips and then two snacks of something like a cliff bar, fruit, granola, etc...

and then a dinner... regular stuff, steak and potatoes, chicken and rice, Thai food, etc...


so that is six times i'm eating, but not full meals



eating more Frequently increases the metabolism too, lots of health sites can help you, or men's fitness mags....


-peace,
joe

[pesilat]

I've heard that recent studies show that the "don't eat before bed" is largely a myth.

Food is like blood level medication. It boils down to the averages over time more than what you do at any given time.

At least that's how I understand it.

Mike

[Fergie Boy]

energy in = energy out => weight remains the same.

I have heard you shouldn't eat late on because then your body will be working hard to start the digestive process when you should be resting(asleep). And I think it all comes out to how tired you will be feeling at certain times of the day.

I tried the bloodgroup diet for about a day or so but any gains in how I felt physically were going to be totally nulified by how I felt mentaly. I have heard good things about food combining though.

[Fergie Boy]

http://weightloss.about.com/cs/foodcombining/

http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/DietandLifestyle/Food_combining.htm

[KickChick]

Although our metabolisms fluctuate on a daily basis, they've been scientifically shown to follow a highly predictable pattern each day. It looks something like this... just before you wake up, your metabolism is at its all-time lowest point. (Hey, it needs to wake up too!) Then, as you proceed through the course of the day, your metabolism gradually increases until it reaches its peak sometime after dinner time (around 7:00 p.m.), at which time it starts to level off. Then the cycle repeats itself. So its best NOT to eat past 7:00...:)

During this cycle, the metabolism is regulated up and down (increased and/or decreased) by four key factors (also known as "metabolic activators"): 1) The foods we eat, 2) Exercise (weight training and cardiovascular workouts) 3) Age/genetics, and 4) Internal regulators

Eat smart, not less. You see, if you eat the "right" types of food, in the "right" proportions, at various times throughout the day, your metabolism will increase, not decrease.
never go more than a few hours (while you're awake) without eating a meal. This includes starting the day with a well-balanced, low-fat, protein- and carb-containing meal. (That's why skipping breakfast, or any meal for that matter, is so damaging to our fat-fighting efforts... it causes our metabolism to drop and the body to go into fat-storing mode and the brain to signal it's time to eat so once hungry enough, we'll eat anything that's in front of our faces!) By feeding the body more regularly, you help convince your system that there is no deprivation or famine around the corner...allowing your metabolism to continually burn more calories, all day long!

[Bonic]

Thanks everyone for all the information it really helped me to figure out what people where actually talking about now.
- peace
- Bonic

[WhiteWizard]

I heard about the scientific evidence of eating before bed not being bad for you too but then there is probably scientific evidence saying the opposite somewhere

[KickChick]

I would love to read the actual research findings on the study done of "not eating before bedtime. Although I have seen a few sites claiming it is a myth and based their facts on total calories consumed for the whole day is what matters... I still can't see why it wouldn't be more detrimental than not.

hmmmm..... maybe it’s not a good idea to go to bed on an empty stomach, because you might interrupt your sleep by waking up due to hunger and raiding the fridge...

and if you eat the right foods before bedtime, you may even sleep better.

For those of you that have trouble falling asleep, and you want to 'snack',it would probably be better to eat a combination of something that’s high in protein—it contains the enzyme L-tryptophan, which helps you become relaxed and drowsy, along with a little bit of a carb, which helps deliver the enzyme to the brain. Now you can justify having milk and cookies or ice cream before bedtime, I suppose.
As to the myth about food and nightmares, that probably got started because certain foods promote sleep, and the longer you sleep, the more likely you are to dream .... which, unfortunately, includes nightmares.