Ive been told it is unhealthy to either sleep shortly after eating or have a late night snack. Why is that? Do you gain weight? And if so why?
2007-05-18 18:25:52 · 6 answers · asked by shanghai_sami 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
It's not really unhealthy per sae, but you don't burn the calories you just ingested, so you might gain some weight.
2007-05-18 18:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can cause weight gain and certain kinds of food have a lot of unhealthy things. You don't burn anything at all and it makes digesting food harder your body slows down when you are sleeping my sis gain 20lbs when she started working late nights because she would eat and go to sleep and her doc said that was the cause
2007-05-18 18:40:33 · answer #2 · answered by janie p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because if you lie down after eating, the food can come up while you're asleep and you will asphixiate (sp?). Which means you will choke on it, and die. It's always good to wait about an hr.
2007-05-18 18:31:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is proclaimed unhealthy probably because everybody does it...sometimes I must get up to eat how could I continue sleeping
2007-05-18 19:30:53 · answer #4 · answered by Srbo Sutaric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason you gain weight is because your body doesnt have a chance to burn the fat.
2007-05-18 18:29:08 · answer #5 · answered by laural8477 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You gain weight, because you heart rate slows down and your not using any physical energy.
We are susposed to EAT to LIVE
Not LIVE to EAT.
Makes sense
2007-05-18 18:32:35 · answer #6 · answered by everafter1966 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋