One of the blogs I subscribe to is published by MentalFloss and they had a little post today that in turn borrowed from a column in Bottom Line Personal that busted some health/nutrition myths. I’ll let you read the rest at their blog, but I wanted to share the single most important busted myth I’ve ever come across:
MYTH: Eating after 8pm causes weight gain.
REALITY: “There is no evidence that calorie ‘burn’ is slower at
night. Weight gain results from overeating and lack of activity,
whether that occurs in the morning, afternoon or night.”
Honey, you bring the candy ’cause I’m bringing the popcorn to bed. I’ll just skip one of those 22 other daily snacks.
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