Does food eaten after six turn into fat?

Hello! This time, your knowledge day newsletter is arriving a day late, but the topic is an evening one.

Many people have heard that food eaten after six is more likely to turn into fat. As if a sandwich eaten at 17.59 still had a chance, but two minutes later a different fate would await it. Anette Auväärt explored what science actually says about dinner size, meal timing and late-night snacking.

One fact to take away

Evening hunger is not always a lack of willpower. In one laboratory study, people were least hungry in their biological morning and most hungry in their biological evening, regardless of when they ate or slept. Our internal clock can itself increase our appetite in the evening.

Does a large dinner really make you gain weight? Why can eating exactly the same meals later make you hungrier? And what can you do if you tend to get heartburn after eating late? You will find the answers on the blog, and at the end of the article you can earn one knowledge point by answering review questions.

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Happy reading!

The FitQ and FunTastyQ Fit team