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Are British calories more fattening than Eurpean ones?
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In Britain there is a school of thought that eating after 20.00 is not a good thing, calories consumed later in the evening do not get burned off, so late night eating will make you fatter than if you consumed the same amount of calories before 10.00 in the morning (or that seems to be the rationale, all the diet books urge you to refrain from late evening eating). However our continental cousins, the Spanish especially, scoff late into the evening not having family meals until at least 20.00. So how come they do not (or its not reported) have the same obesity problems that we have. Are their calories different, some sort of chemical difference or is it some sort of cultural phenomena? This is a sort of nurture/nature question?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Apart from the fact that Europeans, especially in warm countries, tend to go for a stroll in the evenings, rather than sit in front of the TV, perhaps it's because they cook from scratch, and usually sit down to lighter meals of salads, vegetables, fruit, fish and lean meat, whereas many here sit down with huge Indian or Chinese takeaways, burgers, kebabs, fish & chips, pizzas and processed, easy to cook packaged foods. The type of food and the amount of it we eat is the biggest factor in determining our weight.
Night eating is advised against for a variety of reasons. Many dieticians do consider it unhealthy because they beleive tha'ts when your metabolism goes into night mode. This is not a consensus accros the board. Night Eating can also be problematic if it's a regular habit.
http://digg.com/health/Night_Eating_Disorder
http://digg.com/health/Night_Eating_Disorder
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http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/explain/n ighteating.php
http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/explain/n ighteating.php
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