It isn't always easy to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Eating late at night in particular could lead to serious health issues. Luckily making some small tweaks around your eating hours can already have a positive impact on your health. Let's find out about the benefits of an early dinner.
Sleep
You will notice an improvement in the quality of your sleep when there is a 2-2.5 hour gap between your last meal and your bedtime. This is because food digestion won't happen while you're sleeping, which reduces oversleeping. The biological systems don't have to work as hard and get to rest more, which makes them recover faster and work more efficiently.
Weight Loss
Readjusting your routine and having an early dinner can help weight loss and boosts metabolism. Your body during fasting uses its stored fat for energy, instead of glucose as it does when fed. It activates the body’s metabolic rate leading to more weight loss. It is also useful for diabetics, it improves the immune system and promotes cellular regeneration and repair.
Energy
Mornings will feel lighter and you feel more energized. You will find it easier to wake up and be productive. Your workout or yoga practice will be more effective and you also become more flexible.
Acid Reflux Relief
Eating just before your bedtime could result in acid reflux, which is a burning and unpleasant sensation in the chest. According to research, people who eat 3 hours before bedtime suffer the least from this.
Heart Attacks
The most important benefit of an early dinner is better cardiac health. Sleep reduces blood pressure by roughly 10%, allowing the body to rest. It rises before we wake up. This occurs daily. But rhythm gets disrupted when we eat before bedtime. High blood pressure raises the risk of heart attacks, but eating dinner 3 hours before bed can lower the risk of a heart attack.