Is it bad to eat late at night?

[ALewis30]

Throughout this year I have tried to make healthy eating habits like drinking more water and 100% fruit juice. Another thing I try to do is eat dinner no later than 5pm.

[HighlyVolatile]

I've benefitted the opposite way from the common advice which suggests that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that eating late at night is a bad idea.

I mostly skip breakfast while frequently eating late at night. I'm no nutritionist or scientist in this context but I can say that people envy my "fast metabolism" even in my 40s regardless. I'm no authority on the matter but I can say it still works for me to eat way late and not long before I sleep provided that I skip breakfast.

That said, I think drinking even 100% fruit juice is questionable. If it's not so questionable in terms of vitamins and minerals, I think it's still questionable in terms of satiety unless you actually feel fuller from drinking it.

[LiamSawyer]

You'd be far better to eat fresh fruit rather than fruit juice.

[rachel776]

yes fruit juice is just sugar

[LiamSawyer]

@rachel776 with no fibrelike you get from fresh fruit

[Mollynotgemma]

What time you eat only would interfere with your sleep… eating late does not cause weight gain. It’s the calories you consume. Eat 2000 calories a day… and eat them at any point

[LiamSawyer]

Except eating late at night none or very few of those calories are going to be burned off as you sleep

[Emiliamazing]

The sleep disruption effect can be a negative. Less sleep = lower metabolism/energy. Keep up the water and natural juices without added sugar!

[Emiliamazing]

The MHO is greatly appreciated!

[slatyb]

Drinking concentrated fruit juice is not a great idea. It's loaded with sugar.

[Peanut38]

He's drinking 100% fruit juice though, so he's fine. That's 0% concentrated juice.

[slatyb]

@Peanut38 still a lot of sugar Apple juice is as sweet as Coca-cola.

[Peanut38]

True, and it certainly shouldn't be consumed in masses. Having a glass of orange juice or apple juice a day is generally beneficial though.

[slatyb]

@Peanut38 or you could just eat an apple