How can eating after midnight really effect you and your body?

Answer:
I do it ALL the time.Your body does now know or care what TIME the calories come in, it only knows how many you take IN, and how many you BURN.There is no such thing as a 24-hr cycle of energy....Yes its not the best to eat right before sleeping- obviously your metabolism drops significantly when you sleep and therefore theres a higher risk tha what you eat can be stored because it isnt needed.
BUT: I can tell you this from PERSONAL experience:
You can eat after midnight- 2 am, 3 am, etc, and go to sleep right afterward, and STILL lose weight or at least KEEP your current weight, if you eat reasonably throughout the day and dont overload on sugary foods.
Its a good idea to eat sufficiently in the day, too, so you arent so hungry at night and can sleep without having to snack.
Try having a bigger dinner. :)
But, if you still need to eat late, dont worry about it, so long you eat carefully as much as possible.

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You don't have enough time to burn off extra calories so you gain weight.

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just look what happened to the gremlins....dont say i didnt warn you xx

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it aint about eating after midnight. the problem lies in eating them sleeping directly after. inactiveness after eating is a great way to gain weight. inactiveness prevents weightloss period. but inactiveness after eating is the worst. so excercise after every meal. and excercise after waking up.

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i eat all through out the day, especially late at night, and i weigh 118 pounds. bottom line, it doesn't matter when you eat, it's what you eat and how much of it.

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You can eat safely at any time, but you shouldn't go to sleep straight after a meal. Apart from not burning off the calories, your stomache will have problems digesting the food and this could lead to constipation, wind, heart burn and other stomache upsets.

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It is not advisable to sleep straight after eating, somebody at school was hospitalized because he was always doing this. You need to let your food go down first.

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