Hi Aliisa, Interesting that the teacher said this. My guess is that eating carbs stimulates your pancreas to send insulin into your bloodstream. Insulin dos a lot of things, but a biggie is fat storage. So maybe the teacher's suggestion is based on avoiding foods that stimulate insulin, and maybe at night there is more tendency to fat storage. So that would be the best time to cut the foods that trigger insulin. I don't know if it's true but it makes sense.
I need seem to need carbs to stay asleep, so I purposely eat a small sweet potato with before bed. My weight doesn't go up unless I've eaten too much during the day, no matter what time I eat.
It sounds like she's talking about a ketogenic diet, where the carbs are kept low (rule of thumb is 50 grams net carbs. Net carbs are total carbs minus fiber). That forces the body to burn fat and the result is ketones which are chemicals that your body can burn for energy. Ketones suppress the appetite and that lets you cut your calories way down without having hunger pangs.
I hope you'll let us know how it goes, if you decide to try the teacher's idea. Good luck with your goals!
Last edited by Sundove; 12-02-2016 at 12:44 AM.
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