What should I eat after 9 or 10?

Question

If i get home realy late sometimes, and want something to eat... or I just want to chew something at night. not heavy, just something light to have in a mouth. What shell I eat that is not harmful for my figure?

Answer 1

Fruits or Veggies, thats about it late at night.

Answer 2

It does not matter what time you take food.

While you are sleeping, you still need to burn some calories to stay alive, for about next 7 hours without food.

Your body will likely to use multiple source to get energy. Some are from fat. When fat are used, then body must consume carb together to generate energy. If you do not have carb stored, then it will take protein (muscles). Oops... your "figure" may be in jeopardy.

Also, if you keep yourself starved during night, you may end up with having too much food next morning.

Eat small and often. Enjoy quality night time snack. Higher in protain is better because it will be digested slowly and continue to supply energy (remember you are not eathing anything for ~7 hours). Take some complex carb also.

More scientific from here:

When food is digested (focus on carb to discuss fat), the body can create glucose to use immediately.
If the glucose is not needed immediately, then it will convert to glycogen by liver or muscles.

Your body can store so much glycogen. If there are more glucose left, then it will converted to fat by liver and stored somewhere in your body.

If you don't have enough storage, your body will use it is available (muscle).

Going low in food intake for a long time will also signal your body to lower your metabolism, and store as fat.

Answer 3

Contrary to what someone has said, it is not advisable for anyone to have solid intake after 9 p.m. Because it is by this time that the stomach is doing its processing to all of the food intake for the day.

Our bodies have its own clock so there is a specific time that the body does its "processing". By that time, the body should be at rest so we do not need extra calories (because we have had enough intake during the day.) All that we had taken during the day are being processed thoroughly.. like the bile and liver tandem is doing its straining work... nutrients are absorbed by the blood, etc.. etc.

But if you must, I advise you to avoid meaty stuff and fatty food. Go for a couple of tablespoons of sugar-free jell-o or nonfat yogurt and drink water.

Answer 4

Cottage Cheese is ideal before going to sleep. It contains casein protein (it is slowly digested). Your body will have a slow-releasing protein source throughout the night to prevent muscle breakdown. It's unlikely to last for the full 8-9 hours of sleep but it's still good.



Avoid carbohydrates at the end of the day.

Answer 5

I would advise you to eat nothing with protein, Dairy, or added sugar. Stick with things like white egg, salad, water, dried fruits, veggies. Something along that line

Answer 6

Have some milk or cheese or any protein. But if you go directly to bed, don't eat cause the food just lays there turning to fat.

Answer 7

A cereal called Fiber One with honey, little sugar, strawberries or bananas. Good for you and nite, lite snack

Answer 8

avoid carbohydrates or foods that are rich in them ie fast food and so forth, they don't burn as fast especialy when you sleep.

fruit is good something that isint packed with carbs to settle into your system

i usually woof down one of those mini-me cantaloups when i get the cravings late at night

Answer 9

Granola bars
Fruits
Vegetables
Wheat biscuits
Whole grain cereal/biscuits

...anything with plant material - it'll pass right through you.

Answer 10

apples . oranges . bananas . yogurt . saltine crackers . grahm crackers . garnola bars . carrots . raisins . wheat thins .