Top Ten Diet Fallacies — Fallacy #3: Eating Late will Make You Fat: “Not So! It’s More Likely to Burn Fat and Build Muscle,” Says Warrior Diet Author Ori Hofmekler
Will “eating late” turn you into a bloated blob of unwanted body fat? Many of us think so, but according to weight loss and strength gain expert, Warrior Diet author Ori Hofmekler. http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html eating a big meal in the evening can result in fat loss and muscle gain… if you follow the right plan.
St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) May 13, 2005 -- Will “eating late” turn you into a
bloated blob of unwanted body fat? Many of us think so, but according to weight
loss and strength gain expert, Warrior Diet author Ori Hofmekler. http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html eating a big meal in the
evening can result in fat loss and muscle gain… if you follow the right
plan.
It has been commonly assumed that night is the worst time to eat.
The logic: night is when the body typically slows down and therefore is more
prone to gain fat. Makes sense, but is it true?
There are no conclusive
studies or any evidence to prove the assumption that eating late meals causes
fat gain more than eating early meals.
Studies reveal that other
variables such as the frequency of meals, the glycemic index of food, calorie
intake and hormonal balance are the real “power brokers” in the body’s capacity
to burn or gain fat.
Even so the notion that eating late causes fat gain
is deep rooted. The reason: for most people, who typically eat several meals
during the day, any additional meal including a late meal maybe “one too many”.
The result is an overwhelming overloading effect on the body often involving fat
gain. Does it mean that eating late is a bad idea? Quite the opposite. If daily
food intake is planned properly and the evening meal turns to be the main meal,
then eating late could be highly rewarding.
There is a substantial
amount of evidence that we humans have adapted well to nightly eating. We carry
the same genes of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, who were primarily busy
gathering or hunting during the daily hours and eating during the nightly hours,
while at rest.
Indeed, our body is biologically preprogrammed to work
around the circadian clock (i.e. active during the day and relaxing at night).
Our inner clock is controlled by two antagonistic autonomic nervous systems: the
SNS, with its highly alert “fight or flight” state, responsible for action and
reaction to stress during the day, and the PSNS, responsible for relaxation,
digestion and sleep during the night. (See Top Ten Diet Fallaces, Fallacy # 1.)
For that matter our body digests and utilizes nutrients better at night while at
rest, than during the highly stressful hours of the day.
Furthermore,
night is the time when growth hormone (GH) reaches a peak level. (Peak secretion
during non-REM, SWSdeep sleep). GH is known to be a potent muscle and bone
builder and a fat burner. Late meals, if applied correctly could be most
anabolic.
Note that GH actions can not be effectively finalized without
the interference of insulin. Late meals, may well take advantage of max GH spike
during the night, providing the nutrients required for actually facilitating GH
actions, thus promoting protein synthesis in the muscle tissues and fat burning
(in particular, abdominal fat).
In conclusion, do not betray your
biological destiny.
Don’t deny yourself from eating late meals. If you do,
your body may come back with a vengeance, to reclaim what was taken away from
him, often inducing chronic cravings for food at night, which may result in
nocturnal bingeing. Finally, late meals often have a relaxing effect on the
body, preparing you for sleep. If nothing else, late meals can help bring a
happy end for a tough day.
Visit http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/317/ for more
information or read Ori Hofmekler’s The Warrior Diet. http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html
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