17/05/2024
What should you do if your appetite rises in the afternoon and you want to eat before going to bed?
First of all, it is natural to have an appetite in the second half of the day. This is due to the alternation of phases of hormonal activity during the day, the alternation of metabolic phases.
In the morning we are controlled by the hormone adrenaline. The hormone of activity, activity, search. Adrenaline breaks down fats and previously accumulated reserves, we are satiated, full of energy.
In the evening, the so-called vagotonic structures (parasympathetic) are more active. Insulin is more active, which forces us to eat more, to store excess fat, to save energy.
Normally, in the evening, insulin is more active and adrenaline is less active.
That’s why we want to eat more in the evening, many people don’t want to eat breakfast at all in the morning. May eat for the first time at lunchtime. Many people don’t like to eat breakfast, but those who don’t like to eat dinner are hard to find.
Evening meal is our species trait.
Therefore, do not fight with yourself, forbid yourself to eat after 4-6 pm.
You can come to this, but not at once and not sharply.
If you snapped and ate late at night, do not berate yourself, despair, give up trying to establish a diet. Evening meal - pacifies, calms, sometimes helps you sleep better.
Set yourself the task of not not eating in the evening, but not to overeat in the evening.
Eat multicomponent meals for dinner.
Let it be proteins, fats, fiber, and complex carbohydrates. Reduce appetite with lean protein foods, a slice of fish, an egg, complex carbohydrates, buckwheat porridge, whole grain bread, vegetable salad with oil.
