From the beginning of human evolution to the present, we have developed the most basic habits of life, that is, working at sunrise, resting at sunset and eating three meals a day.
However, with the continuous development of modern society and the acceleration of the pace of life, more and more people have begun to break this law, staying up late and having three meals is not fixed has become the norm, especially dinner time is often late.
Dinner is the last of the three meals and the one that Chinese valued the most. Because during the day, everyone is running and toiling for their own life, work or study, and only at night will they drag their tired bodies home, and the common wish at this time is to eat a hearty dinner where the family gathers.
But it is precisely because of these factors that many people eat dinner later and later, even until 8-9 o'clock in the middle of the night, before eating a dinner.
As everyone knows, eating dinner too late has no benefit to the body, which may cause the following problems:
1, gastrointestinal diseases: the operation of the digestive system is actually regular, the interval between meals should be about 4-6 hours.
If the interval between lunch and dinner is too late and the stomach is in a state of emptying, stomach acid may cause corrosion and damage to the gastric mucosa, increasing the chance of chronic stomach disease.
Not only that, dinner is eaten too late, food has not yet been digested into a sleep state, often increase the burden of gastrointestinal work, not only at night prone to gastroesophageal reflux, over time may also lead to chronic stomach disease, including gastritis, gastric ulcers and so on.
Because of this, science recommends that everyone try not to eat for 3 hours before going to bed;
2, obesity: the amount of activity at night is originally relatively small, especially people who are tired during the day, they only want to rest at home after dinner, and the amount of exercise is significantly reduced.
If dinner is eaten too late, immediately after eating to go to bed, not only the gastrointestinal digestive burden is heavier, calories can not be effectively consumed, a large number of nutrients are converted into fat, and when sleeping at night, it is the best period for energy reserves, so fat begins to accumulate in the body, over time, obesity will naturally find itself;
3, sleep worse: if you want to sleep well at night, dinner is very important.
If dinner is eaten too richly and the meal time is too late, the emptying time in the stomach will naturally be prolonged, and the digestive organs will transmit the information of nervous work after the meal to the brain, resulting in active cerebral cortex, restlessness at night, and difficulty in entering the sleep state.
In addition, foods similar to soy products, rhizome vegetables, etc., will produce a large amount of gas during digestion, which in turn will produce a feeling of fullness, hindering normal rest.
In addition to the three hazards mentioned above, a large number of studies have also shown that eating too late for dinner for a long time is also a high risk factor for diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and stone diseases.
And the obesity caused by dietary factors is also closely related to various diseases, including three highs, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, gout, etc., which shows that eating dinner too late does not have any benefit.
Therefore, in daily life, we should learn to adjust the meal time at night and try to eat dinner 4 hours before going to bed.
It should be emphasized that there are also many precautions for eating dinner, dinner is not suitable for too much, it is best to be based on light food, and because the calorie consumption at night is not large, so there is no need for everyone to consume too much food, and maintaining a full state of 6-7 minutes is the best state.