For foodies, a late-night snack is definitely an important event. Whether you're hungry or not, after dinner, drink some tea and have some dessert; or drink, sing, and have delicious food by your side. But eating late-night snacks can be a burden on your digestive system. So, what should you eat to solve this problem?
Actually, there are some things that are especially suitable to eat before bed, which can help you detox and wake up feeling light and refreshed the next day. Foodies, hurry up and take out your notebooks and write this down!
▍Yogurt
The intestines are most active in the evening, and yogurt happens to have the function of regulating the intestines. Eating it before bed can promote intestinal peristalsis, which in turn helps with bowel movements, clearing out the body's waste when you wake up the next day. You'll naturally feel light and beautiful~ If you usually have trouble with bowel movements, yogurt can help you. Remember to massage your stomach before going, rubbing it clockwise and counter-clockwise a few times, and you'll feel the urge.
▍Banana
Bananas have many benefits. Besides being an energy superfood during weight loss, they can also fight depression and help with sleep. Bananas are also rich in fiber, just like yogurt, and can help you with bowel movements while also reducing bloating. By the way, bananas do have a certain amount of calories. If your dinner was very丰盛, you'd better put the banana back in the fridge...
▍Honey
Honey, a good friend to girls, is beautifying, detoxifying, and can even be used as a face mask—it's simply all-purpose. Honey can boost metabolism. It's sweet and delicious, and not high in calories. Drinking a small spoonful of honey mixed with warm water before bed can also help you detox. Remember not to use hot water to make the honey drink, as this will destroy the internal nutritional structure of the honey and lose its detoxifying function.
▍Nuts
A daily snack for people on a diet, nuts are rich in nutrients. Because they are very filling and can reduce your appetite, a little bit of nuts when you're craving a snack can get you by. Similarly, because nuts are rich in fiber, their detoxifying effect is also top-notch, but don't eat too many, or you might not detoxify but instead get indigestion~
▍Natto
The smelly, stringy natto often challenges the limits of human taste buds... However, Japanese girls who want to lose weight eat natto before bed because its special "nattokinase" can help the body clean blood vessels, not only preventing high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol but also making blood circulation smoother and accelerating metabolism. In short, it's very beneficial for both health and weight loss.
Precautions for Late-Night Snacks
▍Late-night snacks should be light, soft, and easy to digest, such as wontons, congee, noodles, or pastries. Drinking a glass of milk or eating a fruit is also suitable. Avoid foods high in fat because fat takes a long time to digest and absorb, it doesn't make you feel full easily, and often leads to overeating.
▍Late-night snacks should be easy to digest, not too high in calories, and rich in vitamins and protein, such as vegetable dishes, egg drop soup, or wontons. Never go to bed right after eating a large bowl of noodles. If you need to work after a late-night snack, you can choose more freely, but eating too much can easily make you drowsy.
▍Foods not suitable for late-night snacks are: First, high-protein foods like meat and eggs, because they are not easy to digest and absorb, can easily remain in the intestines, and irritate the intestinal walls; second, fried, grilled, or pan-fried foods like fried peanuts and grilled lamb skewers, as they can have adverse effects on the gastric mucosa; third, sweets are a big taboo for late-night snacks. They not only cause obesity but also consume B vitamins in the body, leading to nutritional imbalances.
▍In addition, drinking large amounts of coffee and strong tea for late-night snacks can stimulate the sympathetic nervous system, easily causing autonomic nerve disorders in the internal organs.