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By: GeriMorgan

GeriMorgan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:15:08 +0000

Eating after 8 PM is only a bad idea if you’re going to bed at 10 or before. Since your metabolism slows down while you sleep, your body doesn’t have many uses for the calories you just ingested, and they can end up in some places you’d rather they didn’t – particularly if your post-8 snack was a dessert.

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health myths, old wives tales | Mark's Daily Apple — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:22:32 +0000

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By: Mona

Mona — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:45:53 +0000

Has anyone heard of a myth about it being bad to eat an apple just before bedtime?

By: sonia

sonia — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:48:42 +0000

i think we shouldn’t drink plain water after exercise. we should drink isotonic drinks instead.

By: Brenn Campbell

Brenn Campbell — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:06:22 +0000

Milton and Abraham Lincoln may have gone blind, but we have no way of knowing whether it was caused by reading in poor light or not; the myth about reading in poor light is probably as old as they are. Presumably many people in those days had to read in poor light ie candle light; why didnt they all go blind?

By: saurabh

saurabh — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:25:53 +0000

Yeah, I have to take issue with the ‘reading by candlelight’ claim – Milton went blind that way.

By: Michael Howes

Michael Howes — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:23:52 +0000

Wow, it’s amazing how many of those I believed without actually thinking about them!

Great post.

By: wow

wow — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:33:25 +0000

You are pretty muddled, oversimplistic, or downright wrong with many of these explanations. E.g., salt doesn’t actually help the body retain water and combat dehydration! Salt will dehydrate the body, by itself.

Excessive fat consumption is very unhealthy. Obviously no one factor is responsible for weight gain, and the vast majority of people could eat practically as much fat and sugar as they want if they just got some decent exercise.

Finally, your body DOES have a clock. Why do you think you get jet lag? It IS generally a bad idea to eat close to when you go to bed because your metabolism slows down significantly when you are sleeping.

Please get your facts straight. As of now, they are simply misleading.

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:01:10 +0000

Hard to let go of that “lean meat” part, isn’t it? Gimme a Ribeye!!