B1 – Intermediate
We already know that what we eat is important in making sure that we have a healthy body. But did you know that eating very late at night can have some negative effects on your health?
A new study finds that eating very late hours in the night affects how your body burns calories and increases the risk of gaining weight more.
Read the article about how late-night snacking can affect one’s health.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2210/221013-eating-late-at-night-1.html
Discussion Questions:
- Do you agree or disagree that late-night eating is bad for us? Explain.
- What time do you normally have dinner? Why is it this early or late?
- How often do you eat or have a snack at very late hours?
- Tell us about your own eating habits.
- How important is it for you to maintain your weight? Explain.
10 replies on “Eating Late at Night”
1.Do you agree or disagree that late-night eating is bad for us? Explain.
I agree because the digestion process could be done at the bed and that’s not a good thing for our health
2What time do you normally have dinner? Why is it this early or late?
I usually have dinner at 9. I think is a good hour as I go to bed at 11 o’clock
3.How often do you eat or have a snack at very late hours?
I dont eat anything after dinner , I ahve only a glass of water
4Tell us about your own eating habits.
I try to eat healthy food mixing proteins , vegetables and carbohydrates. Regarding the schedules, I have the breakfast at 7
, a llitle snack or fruit at 11 , my lunch time is at 2 pm , another little snack at 6pm and the dinner at 9 pm
5How important is it for you to maintain your weight? Explain
Regarding the weight I dont have to worry about it too much , maybe my major problem is how to gain weight in a muscle shape
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1. Do you agree or disagree that late-night eating is bad for us? Explain. I totally agree that eating late is bad for us. First of all, if we eat late and then go directly to bed, there is no time to us to make the digestion, so we will probably feel heavy and won’t sleep properly. But also, because it is good for our gut health to have a eating schedule, so out body is ready to digest.
2. What time do you normally have dinner? Why is it this early or late? I usually have dinner between 8 and 9 pm. I think is a great time. Sometimes i have dinner latter because of unexpected events, or because I am out. But in this cases, I try to have something as an snack in order to have a light dinner.
3. How often do you eat or have a snack at very late hours? Never. I am very lucky because I sleep very well, so I don’t up in the middle of the night. And if it happens, I turn over and continue sleeping
4. Tell us about your own eating habits. I try to have breakfast around 10 am. Then lunch at 2 pm and, as I told before, dinner around 8.
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1 . I agree that eating late at night is bad for us. The reasons are:
Poor digestion: When you eat a late night dinner, it leads to several gastric issues.
Weight Gain: Your body’s metabolism slows down during night time. Also, it is not as effective in burning calories as it is during the day time.
Effect on mental health: When you haven’t slept properly, you wake up feeling irritated and moody.
Increase in blood pressure: Eating and sleeping late at night could also lead to hypertension and diabetes.
2. I normally have dinner at 8:00 p.m. I think the time is correct and early.
3. I eat or have a snack at very late hours during the weekends or in an special situation.
4. My own eating habits: My eating habits are normal. But I usually eat little and early during the dinner. If one day I eat a lot of dinner and very late, I feel bad at night.
5. For met o maintain my weight is important for healthy reasons. I try to control my weight with a healthy routines (sports, healthy food etc).
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1. Do you agree or disagree that late-night eating is bad for us? Explain.
I agree, because if I eat late at night I cannot sleep well
2. What time do you normally have dinner? Why is it this early or late?
I use to have dinner at 9pm. I would like to have dinner earlier, but it is not possible, because I use to do some activities before having dinner, for example, buying some food, preparing the dinner or doing exercise at the gym
3. How often do you eat or have a snack at very late hours?
I don’t use to eat at very late hours
4. Tell us about your own eating habits.
I use to have breakfast at 8 am, lunch at 2 pm and dinner at 9 pm. I also use to have a coffee and a snack at noon and a piece of fruit at afternoon
5. How important is it for you to maintain your weight? Explain.
It is very important for me to maintain my weight, because it is a matter of health
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1. Do you agree or disagree that late-night eating is bad for us? Explain.
I agree that eating late at night is bad for us. As the text explains, we don’t usually exercise after dinner so eating late provokes that we do not spend that energy and thus it would increase our weight (and other healthy problems like obesity, level of sugar in blood, etc).
2. What time do you normally have dinner? Why is it this early or late?
Normally at 21 or at 22 and this is late. In home, we try to have dinner earlier, at 20, but not always we achieve it. The reasons are the problems explained above.
3. How often do you eat or have a snack at very late hours?
I usually have dinner at 21 or late (and I should eat earlier) but I don’t usually have a snack because I have dinner (thus I do not need a snack).
4. Tell us about your own eating habits.
I usually eat three times per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Two or three times a week I have a snack between breakfast and lunch (if I am working in the office) or between lunch and dinner (if I am working in home).
5. How important is it for you to maintain your weight? Explain.
For me, to maintain my weight is important for healthy reasons. Of course it has an impact on beauty, but the main reason for my is health. For the purpose of maintain my weight, not just eating but also exercising should be included.
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