Eating after 8pm what it does to your metabolism

It happens to the best of us.

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Our little hunger demons come to life in the evening, telling us we absolutely need a bowl of pasta before bedtime. Or maybe your friend makes a dinner reservation (back when we did such things) for 9 p.m.

While eating late can feel greatly satisfying, there are negative effects, including possible digestion issues, nightmares or even long-term weight gain (our bodies store calories as fat when we sleep, rather than burning them as energy).

And now, during the pandemic, COVID-19 has thrown our routines even more out of whack.

We’re at home more, not always sticking to regular mealtimes, and probably staying up too late. These habits might be causing us to eat too much too late, which can have health consequences.

Bethany Doerfler, a clinical research dietitian at Northwestern Medicine, is seeing all of this with her patients. She urges them to adopt a routine eating pattern and to stop eating after a set time each day.

“Even if you don’t have a structured day anymore or feel like your day is unpredictable, one of the most important thi

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