Will it be considered too late and unhealthy to eat carbohydrates at midnight?
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Will it be considered too late and unhealthy to eat carbohydrates at midnight?
I am of the belief that in and of themselves, eating some carbs at night will not make you fatter. It depends on several other factors including the type of carbs, the quanity, your overall energy balance, your level of fitness, what you eat with them, and even your genetics. Having said that, it is not optimal to consume carbs immediately prior to going to bed because of the metabolic response. But in the big picture, if your getting fat, it is far more likely because of several other factors including over consuming simple carbs in general.
There’s the theory that the closer to bedtime you eat carbs, the less time you’ll have to burn them off, meaning the carbs will convert into fat as you sleep. What’s true is that carbohydrates are converted into glucose for energy, and some get stored in your liver and muscles as glycogen. Excess glucose—in other words, sugar that your body isn’t able to use right away or convert into glycogen—can be stored as fat.