Is having a meal then taking a nap bad? Should i wait a certain amount of time before taking a nap after a meal?
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Is having a meal then taking a nap bad? Should i wait a certain amount of time before taking a nap after a meal?
its been said that due to no activity during sleep, the body cant burn calories and that leeds to putting on some fat.. it has also been said that "fat puts on fat" and that its as dumb to belive that, as it is to belive that "u get green from eating vegetables".. now you shouldnt eat food with fat in the evening, not because u put on much fat, but because its bad in other ways for your body to eat it before u go to sleep.. as for carbs.. carbs with a low GI is always good if u wanna keep the fat away.. the body insulin sensitivity is lower in the evening than in the morning and therefor you should preferably eat food with more carbs in the morning.. protein.. protein is as important in the evening as it is after training.. a slow type of protein that can provide aminoacids (sp) during the night are the best because the body GH is acctualy increasing during sleep.. the best protein to take before u go to bed is kasein, you can find it in cottage cheese and in protein shakes that say: "night time formula" and "slow release mechanism"
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Originally Posted by Beat
umm your body still uses the cals for 1 digestion, 2 movment druing the night, 3 resperation, 4 body temp, or overall maitnence of homeostasis..
ohh my bad i meant:
"its been said that due to no "real" activity during sleep (for the hardheads this means none of the best activities that burn fat such as running or walking), the body cant burn the calories that you eat in the evening and that leeds to putting on some fat.. "
your body cant get very deep into a sleep cycle if you have alot of carbs in your system
I have heard that before as well. Do you know where you read it? If so, post the article, I'm curious to read into it..Quote:
Originally Posted by decadbal
Ive heard this as well, but I POUND back the carbs right before I go to bed and I sleep like a log.Quote:
Originally Posted by decadbal
I cant sleep at all if Im very hungry so I have to eat something like half and hour before I go to beed. Never carbs though always fat+protein. Im also curious to how bad this is?