Obesity has 5 landmines! Avoid nuts after 7pm

"Strange! Why can't I lose weight?" In fact, the answer is very simple, because you eat at the wrong time and eat the wrong food. According to the health channel of MSN, there are five kinds of food that you should avoid after 7 o'clock in the evening, including sweet dark chocolate and nuts that are considered healthy snacks. Be careful not to eat them at the wrong time, as they may accumulate fat and affect your body shape.

The meal time should be before 7 o'clock in the evening. Don't delay it any later, because the body's metabolism will slow down as it gets later at night. If you consume too much unhealthy, high-fat food, not only will your stomach and brain not get enough rest, which will affect digestion and sleep, but what's more frightening is that it will accumulate fat and lead to obesity! The following 5 foods should be avoided after 7 pm.

Landmine 1: Dark Chocolate:

Mary Engler, PhD, RN of the University of California, San Francisco, once studied and showed that eating a small piece of dark chocolate (1.6 ounces) every day is very helpful to health. Dark chocolate is rich in magnesium and antioxidant ingredients such as flavanols, and its benefits to the cardiovascular system have been medically proven. However, dark chocolate contains caffeine, and eating too much at night will stimulate the brain and affect sleep.

★Mine 2/Nuts:

Nuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, plant fiber and minerals, and are known as the healthiest snack. Eating nuts every day can protect against oxidation, scavenge free radicals, prevent cancer, regulate blood lipids, regulate blood sugar, and nourish the brain and improve intelligence.

However, the fat in nuts is slowly digested, and eating too many nuts as a snack at night will not be easy to digest. Especially nuts that are fried with added oil and salt will form fat and accumulate in the abdomen. Therefore, you must not consume high-fat foods before going to bed. It is recommended to replace them with high-quality protein such as unsweetened soy milk.

★Mine 3/Pastry:

Sweet pastries have a soothing effect, making it difficult to resist their temptation. However, high-calorie pastries are like "junk food" at night. Apart from containing a lot of sugar and saturated fat, they have no nutritional value. According to a study in the journal Mind and Body, 7 out of 10 people who eat sweet "junk food" before going to bed are prone to nightmares, which also affects their sleep quality.

Landmine 4: Spicy food:

According to a study in the International Journal of Psychophysiology, adding spicy condiments such as peppers and mustard to dinner dishes can easily lead to poor sleep quality in 6 out of 10 male subjects. Not only that, spicy food can also irritate the stomach and intestines, affect digestion and absorption, and easily cause symptoms such as bloating and heartburn.

Landmine 5: Alcohol:

Drinking alcohol produces a lot of calories. The disadvantage of drinking at night is that it interferes with sleep. Although alcohol makes people drowsy, it also destroys deep sleep, making you feel listless the next morning.