Eating Late – Does It Cause Weight Gain?

This is another popular misconception. For some reason, many people believe that eating dinner late at night ruins their weight loss plans. It’s not eating late that causes diets to crash – it’s eating too much of the wrong foods during the day that does it.

We are told to not eat after 6.00 pm for example to discourage us from snacking on junk such as biscuits, sweets and crisps whilst watching TV. This curfew also stops you from ‘having a little supper’ which can take you way over the top of the daily recommended calorie intake.

So, it’s fine to eat late as long as you don’t consume more than your daily allowance. In fact, it’s probably better to eat a later rather than sooner because then you won’t be tempted towards the fridge or the biscuit tin.