The Dangers of Eating Late at Night

Do you eat dinner late at night and go to bed less than three hours later? Do you also suffer from unexplained post-nasal drip, a cough and difficulty swallowing? These could be signs of acid reflux, which can occur without the usual signs, which are heartburn and indigestion.

A simple way to fix this is to change your lifestyle and simply eat dinner earlier.
The Recipe For Disaster:

1. Eat late at night, especially if you overeat and/or eat heavy foods

2. Then go to sleep shortly afterwards

More and more people are eating dinner later. It may be due to later working hours, shopping, exercising and other activities. On top of that, dinner tends to be the largest meal of the day for most Americans. Dinner may also include heavily processed foods in supersized portions.

Under the best circumstances, in a young, healthy person, your stomach takes a few hours to empty after you eat a meal. As you get older or if you tend to have more acid reflux, the process takes longer.

When you lay down to go to sleep on a full stomach, it’s much easier for acid to spill out, which is what leads to acid reflux. Even if you don’t have heartburn, you could still have acid reflux if you have symptoms like hoarseness, chronic throat clearing and even asthma.
Plus, acid reflux can lead to esophageal cancer, which has risen five-fold since the 1970s.

Eating Too Late at Night Throws Off Your Biorhythms:

If you’re in need of more motivation to move your dinnertime up a few hours, emerging research suggests that eating very late at night, may throw off your body’s internal clock and lead to weight gain.

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