Late dinner causes serious harm to the body and leads to rapid aging. There are doctors that seriously argue that a good dinner just before going to bed is one of your worst enemies.
According to the scientists there is so called “big biological clock” functioning at the level of your body. The essence of the theory is that the physiological processes in the body are managed by a special department of the brain – hypothalamus. It is in turn manages the work of hypophysis – a special gland which produces many hormones that affect the growth and aging of the body.
We can’t change how our internal organs work by ourselves, which is good – otherwise we could stop the heart beat and die. But for protection against arbitrary decisions we have to pay by having a mechanism of aging.
As we age the sensitivity of the hypothalamus begins to decline. Typically, the starting point for the “time-aging” is the age of 20-25 years. And here the fun begins.
Hypothalamus continues to give commands to the formation of the stress hormone cortisol, sex hormones and hormones responsible for appetite. So, the level of hormones in the blood increases all the time. Actually, there is nothing negative in the presence of the stress hormone. In certain doses it mobilizes the body. Psychologists agree that small stresses are useful rather than harmful. How sex hormones and appetite hormones work is clear without additional explanation. But over time the level of all three groups of hormones in the blood becomes too high and they provoke the aging process. But growth hormones (somatotropnye hormones) that promote the growth of muscles and motor activity, in contrast, begin to decline over the years.
What happens if we don’t eat before going to bed? Evening hunger stimulates formation of growth hormones. When we don’t eat the body begins to save glucose and consumes its own fat. It was proved at least in experiments with athletes who were immersed in a short electrosleep on an empty stomach during the day after which they had experienced increased muscle growth. There is melatonin among the hormones of growth that causes us to fall asleep. But after a heavy meal at night the body doesn’t produce melatonin and we can not fall asleep.
Evening and night (during sleep) hunger stimulates recovery, or if you prefer, the rejuvenation of the body. During the day this process is prevented by food and stresses.
Of course everybody have their own nutrition rules but it is possible to give some general recommendations on a diet that preserves the youth. Just note that children and young people up to 25 years shouldn’t try the diet. And the younger is the child, the closer to the night it should take the food. Evening starvation during the growth of the organism can seriously harm the baby. People with a stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer shouldn’t try it too.
People older than the average age should not eat later than 4-5 hours before going to bed. It is better to eat food rich on protein in evening (that’s the only right choice for people attending gym), light vegetables and drink fat free milk or green tea. Food rich on carbohydrates is for lunch since carbohydrates provide energy needed within during daytime. It is better to eat fat food for lunch though fat is consumed by the body at night.
The morning should start with a well-balanced breakfast which may include different cereals (especially useful fresh buckwheat), cottage cheese, fresh herbs, fruit and even pasta, but only from wheat. Drink fat free milk or tea. Do not skip breakfast and don’t limit yourself with only a cup of coffee – it promises nothing other than disorders of gastrointestinal tract and reduces the overall activity.
Doctors advise to apply this diet gradually. And if you are consistent then your “great biological clock” will work for you 
Translated from Utro.ru
