An admission: In the evening, I like to snack. Perhaps you do too?
It’s a common problem. A weakness even.
Or is it?
I used to think it didn’t matter what time one eats. It’s simple arithmetic: eat fewer calories than you burn off and all would be well.
But maybe I was wrong. (Shhh).
Read more… In the Prime/Voices
JMM
2 replies on “In the Prime post up over at the Courier-Journal –Nighttime eating and biology.”
Makes me wonder if it’s not just the excess endurance exercise that directly contributes to heart issues, but the way in which most competitive endurance athletes eat – ingesting huge amounts of carbs throughout the day. Could this chronic state of insulin spiking be more of a factor in the systemic inflammatory state than the exercise itself? There’s a growing mass of endurance athletes that are moving to low-carb diets.
You make a good point. Though this is only an anecdotal observation, I’ve often seen masters-aged athletes fall into lousy food-choice patterns.
I agree that the inflammation story has many chapters. Exercise surely confers health benefits, but it does not inoculate one from ingestion of inflammation-inducing food.
The table of wellness has four legs: good movement, good food, good rest and good attitude.