For decades, many Americans have believed that eating food late at night is bad for you. But, if you try to pin someone down to find out precisely why eating late at night is a bad thing, you probably won’t come up with anything substantive. Most people who think that eating late at night is bad hold their beliefs for the following reasons:
- “Your metabolism slows down late at night.”
- “All of your energy goes to digestion so you won’t sleep well.”
- “Your body doesn’t need calories at night, so they turn to fat.”
