Many are familiar with the situation in which they feel unbearably hungry in the evening or at night. But there is also no desire to gain a couple of kilograms. How to find a balance between a nighttime meal and a slim figure?
So, in order not to gain excess weight by eating food at night, you need to remember that the evening insulin release helps to lower blood sugar levels. This ultimately causes a feeling of hunger in the brain. Acute hunger often occurs in people with diabetes, for whom skipping a night snack is very dangerous.
If you eat food that sharply increases the level of glucose in the blood, and thanks to insulin, in the future there will be a sharp decrease in this level, then the next morning you will wake up with a strong feeling of hunger. To avoid this situation, you need to eat Greek yogurt at night. This is a type of food that will allow the sugar to slowly rise and remain at a certain level for a long time. In other words, a glass of unsweetened yogurt without additives will keep you feeling full for a long time. In addition, products such as one banana, 50 g of cod and 150 g of ready-made lentils have the same effect. Each of these types of food is consumed separately.
At twelve o'clock at night, the human body produces growth hormone, which serves to regenerate tissue in the muscles. In order for them to grow and maintain strength, at night it is simply vital to consume protein in the form of 150 g of chicken breast or lean beef in the same amount, as well as 100 g of egg whites.
Often, due to evening snacks, a person has insomnia. To sleep well, you need a special sleep hormone - melatonin, which is produced at night and is responsible for reducing brain activity. With age, the synthesis of this hormone decreases, the human brain cannot be disconnected from work, and a person is not able to sleep normally. That is, the body lacks melatonin. The intestines, in which this hormone arises from the amino acid tryptophan, helps to restore melatonin. And tryptophan is already found in large quantities in a glass of milk. There are 75 mg of tryptophan per 100 ml of milk. This amount of milk is enough for a good sleep. An alternative is also 100-150 g turkey.
