The pros and cons of skipping dinner

There are always some controversies on the issue of whether to eat dinner or not. Generally speaking, skipping dinner does more harm than good. You have to eat dinner and eat well, but you can't eat too much, especially not before going to bed. Skipping dinner is harmful to your health, often leading to decreased immunity, and causing considerable damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa, which may lead to stomach problems over time.

What are the disadvantages of skipping dinner to lose weight?

1. Decreased immunity

When the human body is hungry, the cells are in a state of "atrophy". They are unable to engulf harmful cells and will instead be damaged. In addition, skipping dinner can easily induce hypoglycemia, leading to insufficient nutrition supply to organs, and the body's resistance will also decrease.

2. Damage to gastric mucosa

Eating will stimulate the digestive glands to secrete a large amount of digestive juice. When the human body is in a state of hunger, the function of the organs to secrete digestive juice is relatively in a "closed" state. If you skip dinner, stomach acid will damage the gastric mucosa, which is not good for stomach health.

3. Nutritional imbalance

Not eating at night to lose weight quickly may only apply to a very small number of people, but the harm outweighs the benefits. The three major nutrients that produce energy are protein, fat, and carbohydrates. 1 gram of fat can produce 9 kcal of energy, and 1 gram of protein and carbohydrates can produce 4 kcal of energy.

How to eat dinner to help lose weight?

1. People who eat meat for dinner have three to four times higher blood lipids than those who eat vegetarian food. For people with high blood lipids and high blood pressure, if they often eat meat for dinner, it is like adding fuel to the fire, which will aggravate or worsen the condition.

2. If you often consume too many calories at dinner, it will easily cause increased cholesterol. Excessive cholesterol accumulates on the inner walls of blood vessels. Over time, it will induce arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.

3. Greasy food, food that causes bloating, and high-calcium food are not suitable for dinner, as they will increase the workload of the intestines, stomach, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, stimulate the nerve center, and affect sleep quality.

4. Some foods will produce a lot of gas during digestion, causing bloating, so they are not suitable for dinner.

5. Do not eat high-calcium foods before going to bed. This is because when the peak of calcium excretion arrives at night, people have already gone to bed and the five internal organs have entered a resting state. Urine cannot be excreted from the body in time and continues to accumulate. Over time, it is very easy to form stones.