Are fruits such as watermelon, cantaloupe, etc good to eat at night or no because of high sugar content? If they are not then what are the preferred fruits to be eating at night?
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Are fruits such as watermelon, cantaloupe, etc good to eat at night or no because of high sugar content? If they are not then what are the preferred fruits to be eating at night?
I prefer to have my late nights snacks consist of some pro/fat. If I am going to eat fruit it will be early in the day and I only eat berries and perhaps a banana, usually in a protein shake.
Eat some cottage cheese if you get the munchies at night, if you like it that is. Or maybe some pb
I'm guessing an avocado (fruit) would not be a good choice as well even though it is a great EFA source.
im eating powered donuts and drinking a mnt dew and sitting at close to 10% BF. Eating fruit is fine, there may be some simple carbs in there but they are loaded with vitamins and minerals. They are not empty calories like the shit I am eating right now. The point I am trying to make in my sleep deprived state is if it figures into your overall calories you can pretty much eat whatever you want when you want within reason.
I like to drink plenty of ice cold water and eat sunflower seeds to stop late night cravings. Or natti pb. Fruit gives me an insulin spike and makes me want more.
I like eating an apple before bed sometimes.
After you're insulin gets spiked, sometimes you feel crashed afterwards, especially if it's a simple sugar.
Eat fruit to help get sleepy.
Okay sounds good, thanks for all the input.
The Insulin Index right now is probably not the best guide to go by. There is really a very limited body of evidence relative to GL or GI. For example milk carbohydrates have a very low GL and GI because of milk sugars (lactose) beta 1,4 bonding structure, and also that only about 5% of milks component make up is lactose. So relative to other sugar compounds milk ingestion has a very low effect on serum blood glucose and insulin release.
I get what your saying though, because the Insulin Index in theory takes into account other nutrients effect on insulin release. Its just that the research and validity of said research is in its very early stages.
May be I'm very sensetive to insulin but after 300 ml or more of yogurt I usuially feel something close to hypoglycemia but of course it's not strong.
It varys from person to person, I think. As for me, I tolerate milk products badly and I'm not alone. But some guys tolerate them well.
It's the same for me, Csavage ;) And for a lot of people too :)