You can't get enough to eat. Restaurants where you can't get enough. Causes of hunger before bed

We would like to determine the time frame for a hypothetical famine. Long is a loose concept. For some people, skipping breakfast and lunch is already a tragedy, since it makes them feel bad, but for others, not eating anything even for several days does not cause any difficulty. Therefore, we will consider the topic from different sides and from different angles.

How long can a person go without food?

But these reserves are quickly depleted, and then the fats present in our body are used for food. But the trouble is that for the complete breakdown of fats, carbohydrates are required, and the body does not receive them during hunger. Therefore, toxic products gradually accumulate in the body - ketones resulting from incomplete oxidation of fats; the acid-base balance begins to shift towards the acidic side. This phenomenon is called acidosis.

Signs of increasing acidosis: weakness, headaches, smell of acetone from the mouth. Around the fifth to seventh day, the so-called person’s condition begins to deteriorate sharply. And then what will happen? “If you don’t eat for a long time, you can probably die,” you might think... But no! After the first crisis has passed, the body’s functioning is completely restructured, the feeling of hunger disappears and well-being improves. At this stage, the digestive system seems to be resting, the body is adjusted to internal power supply. Damaged, diseased cells and tissues are the first to be eaten.

A person can live in this mode for up to forty days, after which a second acidotic crisis occurs, which serves as a command that it is time to end hunger. What is described in this chapter is just a short answer to the question: “If you don’t eat for a long time, what happens?” If you plan to abstain from food for a long time, then you will need to study this topic in more depth, read books about fasting and be sure to consult a doctor.

The benefits of hunger

The benefits of hunger are undeniable for those people who want to rejuvenate, lose weight, and get rid of certain diseases. If a person does everything correctly, then after breaking the hunger strike he feels renewed and strong. Here is a small list of diseases for which fasting treatment is indicated:

• obesity;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• skin diseases;
• asthma;
• allergy;
• varicose veins;
• hypertension, etc.

Harmful health effects

But not everything is so rosy. Not everyone can go hungry. Many are unable to give up food even for a day, as they begin to experience problems with their well-being. Sometimes this is facilitated by mistakes that a person makes out of ignorance or carelessness.

For example, while fasting, you should drink plenty of water and practice daily enemas to help the body remove toxins. If this is not done, then the intoxication will be too high, which cannot but have a negative impact on health. Very often people ask: “Why does my head start to hurt if I don’t eat for a long time?” This can happen for a number of reasons:

• decreased blood pressure (this happens often during fasting);
• a consequence of a cleansing reaction (especially if the body is heavily polluted);
• drop in blood glucose levels, etc.

Fasting has many contraindications, which you can learn about below.

For whom is fasting contraindicated?

What will happen if you don’t eat for a long time, to a person who has heart disease, for example? Yes, nothing good, because during prolonged hunger the load on the cardiovascular system increases many times over. There are diseases and conditions in which fasting is prohibited. This:

• diabetes;
• thyrotoxicosis;
• cardiac ischemia;
• encephalopathy;
• any disease in its acute phase;
• blood diseases;
• other diseases.

Also contraindications to hunger are pregnancy, childhood and adolescence, age after 60 years, menopause.

Conclusion

We hope you understand in general terms what will happen if you don’t eat for a long time. Try to observe moderation in everything - both in food and in fasting. This will help maintain health for many years.

Eating lamb in an open hall in the covered part of the yard is happiness.

Eating pancakes or rice - portends unfulfilled desires.

Eating all the fruits portends misfortune.

Eating rotten vegetables portends a disease.

Eating ready-made meat is fortunate.

Eating a pear portends a loss of wealth and material condition.

Eating goose meat portends the wife’s illness.

There are chestnuts - portends separation.

Eating chicken or duck is fortunate.

Eating onions means there will be a quarrel or a fight.

There are Tangerines - a disease.

There is oil, vinegar, soy sauce, liquid seasonings - fortunately.

Eating Honey with a person portends happiness and benefits.

Eating vegetables and seeing vegetables that turn yellow portend misfortune.

There is one persimmon, oranges, tangerines - a disease.

There are donuts and manti - there will be a squabble, foreshadowing anger.

Eating pork is a disease, an illness.

Eating dog meat portends litigation, official proceedings.

Eating raw meat is bad luck.

Eating pumpkin seeds means the birth of a noble offspring.

Eating dates means the birth of a noble offspring.

Eating persimmons and peaches portends separation, followed by union.

Eating garlic portends a natural disaster, a catastrophe.

Eating mulberries - foretells the birth of a noble son.

A dead person eats - portends illness.

Eating the flesh of your own dead body is separation.

Killing a bull and eating its meat portends commercial profit.

A person offers you to eat curdled milk - portends joy.

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In Europe, the fashion is for restaurants where you will never get fat. Moreover, you won’t even get full. People don’t come to such places for food, they have their own atmosphere. Portions are smaller than a thimble, dishes change once an hour.
Little, long and expensive - these are the three commandments of “slow food”.

Previously, only the French were guilty of this, but now it has spread to other countries. Deflope in Italy or the Czech Republic, who would have thought! In countries with good cuisine, sit and eat bread. The most popular dish on the tables. And also wine and water.


And so, you sit in a restaurant for half an hour, discuss all the topics with your colleagues, and they bring you a dish. And there...on such a huge plate lies a small something.


A piece of herring and some vegetables. Everything weighs thirty grams. And this is the portion. You swallow the fish and don't understand what happened.


Another forty minutes wait. The herring has long been digested, you have forgotten its taste. They bring the second dish. Chips, and a little more fish, something else. You've swallowed it, you haven't eaten enough, you chew the bread again.


When you are ready to eat the hair on your neighbor's head, the main course arrives. Pork with potatoes. The potatoes were put in so generously that you could overeat.


“Lonely dumpling.” This is not food, but some kind of modern art. The term “slow food” was coined for such establishments, as opposed to fast food eateries. All this is very expensive. Sometimes a visit to such restaurants costs a hundred or two euros per person.


While waiting for one of the dinners, I couldn’t resist and made a “stone in a plate” composition. You can imagine it as a baked potato. And the portion is normal.

It has been scientifically proven that late dinners lead not only to excess weight, but also to a deterioration in emotional well-being. Any diet involves avoiding a heavy evening meal, and the latest research shows that an early and light dinner can suppress the aging processes occurring in the body.

Why is this happening? And how to have dinner correctly in order to fall asleep peacefully, have a beautiful figure and slow down the aging of the body? Let's try to figure it out.

The secret of youth

Everyone knows that during sleep the human body rests and recovers. But it is not so! The muscular system rests, but the brain and endocrine system continue to work. The brain analyzes and assimilates the information received during the day. Also at night, those functions of the endocrine system are launched that cannot be performed during the daytime. It is during sleep that the pituitary and pineal glands located in the brain begin to actively produce substances known as hormones of youth.

Growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland is growth hormone. Inhibition of the secretion of this hormone usually occurs after 35 years. And it is with this factor that scientists associate the aging of the body.

Interestingly, the pituitary gland is capable of producing growth hormone only under two conditions: at night and on an empty stomach! The fact is that one of the tasks of growth hormone is to burn fat and provide calories to the sleeping body. This process will start only if there are few carbohydrates in the blood. And if a person ate a cake and went to sleep, why would the pituitary gland do extra work? Enough energy already!

As a result, if you constantly have late and heavy dinners, the problem of excess weight will gradually arise and the aging of the body will begin prematurely.

Problems caused by excess insulin

As a rule, in the evening and at night we do not work actively, but rather rest. And carbohydrate foods are needed to supply fuel to muscle tissue. If muscles don’t need energy, then where will the body adapt it? Insulin redirects unnecessary carbohydrates to the liver, which converts them into fat. As we already know, growth hormone is not produced. Consequently, fats are not burned, but stored.

Excess insulin causes a number of diseases that can be called the scourge of modern civilization. Diabetes, obesity, dysbacteriosis and hypertension - this is not the entire list of diseases that are caused by a constant excess of insulin in the body at night.

Another property of the hormone is to facilitate the flow of fat cells from the blood into adipose tissue. On the contrary, the process of energy removal from adipose tissue is suppressed. Thus, fat is literally preserved in our body, and this is a direct path to the gradual development of obesity.

Also, excess insulin, which was caused by constant late dinners, causes the activation of osteoblasts - cells that destroy bone tissue. Osteoporosis can develop completely unnoticed and at a very young age.

A light dinner is the key to a sound sleep

Late dinner has another unpleasant consequence - the production of melatonin, the hormone of sleep and youth, decreases.

What does melatonin do?

1. Speed ​​of falling asleep, duration and quality of sleep.
2. The degree of antioxidant protection of the body. As a result, it is possible to prevent the development of oncology, as well as heart and nervous system diseases.
3. Immune system activity. The hormone effectively rejuvenates and strengthens the immune system. As a result, the body successfully resists cancer and viral diseases.

Thus, the habit of eating heavily before bed can become a trigger for hormonal imbalance in the body. The result of these endocrine disorders is increased insulin secretion and suppressed production of melatonin and growth hormone. As a result, diseases such as obesity, insomnia and premature aging gradually develop.

Let's have dinner right

What should you eat for dinner in order to avoid all these unpleasant consequences?

If it is recommended to include carbohydrate-rich cereals and sweet fruit salads in the morning diet, then in the evening these healthy foods are contraindicated. The evening diet should not include large amounts of complex carbohydrates! Mostly dinner should consist of low-fat protein products, as well as non-starchy vegetables rich in fiber.

Try the following ideas:

• a piece of lean steamed fish and vegetable salad (ideally without adding vegetable oil and salt);
• stewed cabbage with low-fat cheese;
• boiled or baked chicken breast with green salad;
• steam cutlet from lean red meat with boiled broccoli or cauliflower;
• creamy mushroom soup with low-fat milk;
• a small portion of cottage cheese with a low fat percentage (up to 5%) and 1/2 cup of kefir.

What else can you eat at night - watch the video:

Changing habits

It is better to exclude these products from the evening menu:

• porridge;
• potato;
• baked goods and sandwiches;
• confectionery and any other sweets;
• sweet fruits.

The worst choices for your last meal are foods high in refined sugar. The combination of fat and sugar is even more destructive (for example, cake with cream, sweet sandwiches).

It is impossible to determine the exact time for dinner, because everyone has their own daily routine. Most doctors and nutritionists advise not to have dinner later than 4 hours before bedtime. In the event that the goal is to reset excess weight, then the last meal should take place 5-6 hours before going to bed.

People who give up a heavy dinner notice that they wake up easier and feel more alert throughout the day. This can be explained by the fact that if a person feels very hungry in the morning, he will not miss the most important meal of the day - breakfast. A proper breakfast is the key Have a good mood and feeling great throughout the day.

But it is important not to go to extremes! Skipping dinner completely is not a good idea. In this case, the feeling of hunger may be so strong that it interferes with sleep and leads to insomnia. Most likely, a person unsuccessfully trying to sleep will suffer for some time and make a night raid on the contents of the refrigerator. And this will definitely not benefit your health and figure.

Of course, many will find it difficult to give up their usual hearty dinner. But aren’t peaceful sleep, health, a beautiful figure and extended youth worth it? For the sake of such prospects, it is worth reconsidering your lifestyle a little.

The thing is that when eating, the human body experiences a certain load, which is placed on almost all internal organs. Throughout the day, while you lead an active lifestyle, your body also works with you. At night, when you rest, he also needs rest. But when you eat before bed, you keep your body busy throughout the night, leaving you feeling tired and irritable when you wake up in the morning. The level of work ability decreases and extra pounds appear.

To avoid all these “bonus gifts” from late-night meals, it is necessary to provide the body with complete rest, so that in the morning it is rested and ready for new achievements.

Let's now talk about why there is a feeling of hunger before bed and how to get rid of it?

Causes of hunger before bed

According to nutritionists, there are only three reasons why hunger occurs immediately before bed:

• poor nutrition;
• lack of sleep;
• stress.

Poor nutrition

If during the day you drink more than 5 cups of coffee, food seasoned with various spices, and snack on buns, then do not be surprised that in the evening you will have a terrible feeling of hunger that does not allow you to sleep peacefully.

The thing is that all the above-mentioned foods contain light carbohydrates, which are quickly digested and the feeling of hunger quickly returns.

To solve this problem, you just need to review your diet and include foods high in complex carbohydrates, which take a long time to digest and also promote weight loss.

Try to drink coffee and tea before 3 pm, and do not season your dishes with various spices unless necessary. To improve the taste, you can simply use salt and ground black pepper.

Lack of sleep

If you wake up too early in the morning and don’t have time to have breakfast, your lunch is not complete, and in the evening, going to a cafe, you eat a small portion of salad, then it’s not surprising that before going to bed you feel very hungry.

You need to reconsider your daily routine. Wake up 30 minutes earlier to have a hearty and leisurely breakfast, be sure to eat a small piece of meat or fish at lunchtime, and don’t forget about vegetables and fruits. Dinner is also not to be missed; here you can eat a small portion of salad with some light meat dish.

Stress

Constant stress, dissatisfaction with oneself and one's own life, failures in one's personal life - all this leads to the fact that a person begins to seek comfort in food. Typically, the food in this case is a high-calorie food rich in carbohydrates and carbohydrates, which many believe helps improve mood and produce the “happy” hormone.

Here the problem needs to be solved only on. Ask yourself the question: “Will I eat a chocolate bar now and really become happy?” The answer is obvious. After abstaining from eating before bed for several days in a row, you will notice that the desire to “eat something tasty” will begin to decrease and eventually disappear altogether. You also need to try to cope with your feelings on your own, without involving food in this process.

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