Getting fat depends not only on a person’s metabolism or physical activity, but also on the time of day they eat, says a Russian nutritionist. Thus, there are specific times during which going to fast food will have less harmful consequences.
Some people dream of being able to eat at fast food without affecting their figure. For Russian nutritionist Elena Solomatina, this is (almost) possible, since weight gain does not only depend on a person’s metabolism, age or physical activity, but also on the time of the meal.
In the morning, the metabolic processes are faster, so if the body absorbs fatty food at that time of the day, the body will burn calories during the day, she explained in the newspaper Vetcherniaïa Moskva.
Of course, it is better to be active during the day. Eating a hamburger and then “sitting at the desk all day or watching TV is another story,” she added. Young active people will do better with fast food, since they have an accelerated metabolism.
No fast food at night
Exchange processes also work overnight, but less intensively. Thus, a hamburger ingested shortly before going to sleep will probably not be “spent” by the body and will therefore constitute a reserve of additional fat which will accumulate in the rest. “300 grams here, 300 grams there, and in six months or a year, the difference is very visible,” concluded the expert.
