What to eat for a late-night snack? Many people love late-night snacks, and even those with regular作息 feel they must eat something before going to bed. However, this is unhealthy, as everyone knows. But if left unchecked, the damage to the liver accumulates day by day. Those with regular作息 should best control their appetite.
What's a good late-night snack?
Here, a healthy recipe is recommended: milk, fruit, and carbohydrate-rich foods.
This healthy recipe is based on science: milk aids sleep, fruit provides a large amount of vitamins, and carbohydrate-rich foods can quickly replenish the energy the body needs. At the same time, it's worth noting the following points when eating a late-night snack:
1. Supplement energy appropriately; do not treat a late-night snack as a main meal. Control the portion and eat until you are 50-70% full.
2. It's best to calculate the time between your late-night snack and sleep. They should not be too close. It's better to eat 3-4 hours before bedtime.
3. Fruits high in water and sugar, as well as some diuretic foods, should be eaten sparingly before sleep. Otherwise, it can lead to excessive urination, affecting sleep quality.
4. Choose light foods; do not eat fried, grilled, pan-fried, or cured foods. Also, avoid foods that are too salty, as they will not only cause you to drink water continuously but also make it difficult for the body to expel excess water.
The duration of a late-night snack should not be too long. Don't chat while eating. Generally, the closer it is to bedtime, the less you should eat. Eating while chatting increases food intake and加重 the burden on the digestive system.
Regular作息 and late-night snacks are "very harmful" to the liver.
In fact, it's best not to eat late-night snacks if you can. Even those who need them should try to eat as little as possible.
For patients with duodenal ulcers, you can prepare some soda crackers in advance and eat a few appropriately when experiencing hunger pangs.
Some people with regular作息 also have the habit of eating late-night snacks, which is related to their lifestyle. Once the habit of eating late-night snacks is formed, even when there's no need for energy replenishment, the digestive system will still secrete digestive juices, stimulating a person's appetite.
For those with regular作息 who often eat late-night snacks, especially high-fat and high-protein foods, it can easily cause a sudden increase in blood lipids. This leads to a significant increase in the liver's synthesis of blood cholesterol,加重 the liver's burden, and can also induce fatty liver.
In addition, the peak time for calcium excretion in the body is often 4-5 hours after a meal. If you eat another late-night snack, you will already be in bed, but the peak calcium excretion period arrives. This causes calcium in the urine to continuously increase, and over time, it can easily lead to the formation of stones.
Suggestion: The best way is to control your appetite and quit the bad habit of eating late-night snacks. Don't wait until other diseases are triggered to realize the importance of quitting this habit.