What to eat at night without harming your figure? Options for healthy and low-calorie snacks

Everyone knows what the “evening rush” is. And those who come home after nine o’clock at night, even more so. We often hear that it is impossible to eat after six, that the last meal should be two hours before bedtime and other advice. Of course, in some cases they work, but you should not starve yourself just because the clock is already 18:01.

At night you need to eat if your body requires it. Otherwise, you can get stress, from which cellulite appears and hair can fall out. Refuse to eat two, three or five hours before bedtime should be on the advice of a doctor, not because of the desire to lose weight. But if you agree that you can not tolerate night hunger, then for a snack, most likely choose yogurt, cottage cheese or fruit. This is where the mistake lies.

Why can not eat cottage cheese, fruit and other “healthy” at night?

Nutritionist, doctor of medical sciences and professor Alexei Kovalkov in one of the videos on his YouTube-channel said that at night a person produces somatotropic hormone, which in 50 minutes can burn 150-200 g of fat tissue. To sleep and lose weight, isn’t that happiness? But if at nine or ten in the evening you eat foods that stimulate the release of insulin, then the “miracle hormone” is not produced. Insulin blocks it.

Curd has a high insulinemic index, although it hardly raises blood sugar levels. If you eat cottage cheese at night, you stop the work of the strongest fat-burning hormone, which is released between 23:00 and 00:00 or between 00:00 and 01:00. It seems to be a useful low-calorie product, but any weight loss is out of the question. The same applies to fruit, porridge, yogurt, kefir, ryazhenka and other items with a high insulinemic index.

What can be eaten at night?

Meat

A piece of meat will be digested for about 7 hours, but at the same time it will saturate the body with amino acids that contribute to the action of somatotropic hormone. And the time does not play a role: you can eat a steak at 10 or 11 pm. Meat will not raise insulin levels, but it will stimulate the production of fat-burning hormone.

Of course, for many people it is a heavy meal. However, we do not recommend eating a whole steak. A couple of pieces of meat will be enough to satisfy your hunger. By the way, fish is also fine. If you are chasing low-calorie products, then take chicken or turkey.

Eggs

Eggs have a low insulinemic index, so they will not affect somatotropic hormone badly. They are a good source of protein and a nutritious snack. And to digest a hard-boiled egg, the body will spend more calories than it will get from it.

Vegetables

Vegetables are the best nighttime food. They contain almost no calories, but are rich in vitamins and nutrients. Give preference to raw vegetables, choose celery, carrots or beets. And if nibbling on greens by the refrigerator is not your way of life, then from the evening prepare, for example, zucchini fritters. This is a very simple, delicious and hearty snack.