Eating After 7pm Will Cause Weight Gain: Myth 9

In my last post I exposed that 100-calorie snack packs are good options is truly a myth. Today I am going to share with you another common nutrition and weight loss myth and that is:

Eating After 7pm Will Cause Weight Gain
FALSE:  If what you’re eating after 7pm is on top of a full day’s food intake, then yes, you’ll gain weight. Eating later on may not be optimal for your digestion or sleeping, but it’s much better to eat something than go for too many hours without eating. For instance, if you go to the gym after work and don’t get home until 7pm, you definitely need to eat to replace the fuel and rebuild the muscles you used. If you feel like you’re craving and very hungry in the later hours, take a look at what you’re eating during the day. If you aren’t eating enough to sustain yourself earlier in the day, your body will start demanding it later on. If you are eating regularly, and a meal or snack later in the evening is part of your daily allotment of food, then by all means eat away. You may find that having a small snack of complex carbohydrates like oatmeal or whole grain toast may actually improve your sleep.

Stay tuned for Weight Loss Myth #10, coming up in a couple of days!