To eat or not to eat - that is the question!

The most popular, simple in its structure and harmless diet - do not eat after six o'clock in the evening. To date, there is no scientific evidence of the undoubted benefits of this principle of nutrition or the irrefutable harm that such a diet can cause to the body. However, any restriction has its own nuances, which are important to remember and know, so in this material we decided to consider in detail the principle of "not eating after six" and to deduce some rules that should be followed if you decide to go on this particular diet.

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Why exactly 18:00?

A ban on eating after six in the evening is one of the. True, it arose not from scratch, but on the basis of the doctrine of human biorhythms. It is believed that the human body is designed in such a way that it actively assimilates and digests food in the morning. But everything eaten in the evening and at night remains with us forever. There is an opinion that any food eaten during the day will not affect the figure in any way. Alas, the veracity of this statement has never been confirmed by anything.

In fact, the maximum level of activity occurs at 12-16 pm, when both the physical and brain components of the human body are involved. It is during this period that the body needs maximum energy, which it receives from food. The figure "18:00" began to appear in the studies of nutritionists, which were based on the assumption that by this hour the body's activity was reduced, therefore, it was not necessary to supply additional energy. However, it is important to note here that the main rule that formed the basis of this diet was to limit food intake 4 hours before bedtime. In other words, doctors believed that on average a person needs to sleep 7-8 hours a day, which means, assuming that he gets up early in the morning, he will have to go to bed at 21: 00-22: 00. If we consider that with this regime a person needs to stop eating four hours before bedtime, then the 18:00 threshold will appear.

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Pros of evening fasting

Any restriction in diet will certainly bring results. If you refuse food after 18:00, weight loss, albeit insignificant, is still ensured. And this, of course, is the main plus of this diet. But there are others:

• Simplicity and affordability. Many, when trying to lose weight, face a bunch of problems: you have to cook, you have to buy a lot of expensive products, you have to count calories, you have to eat at certain time intervals and in a certain amount. Difficult, time consuming and requires a lot of attention. And in the case of the described diet, nothing of the kind is needed. You just don't eat in the evenings. However, this does not mean that at 17:42 you have to stuff cakes and buns into yourself in order to have time to eat them up to the unfortunate time threshold.
• Better sleep. Quite a common effect that results from skipping a late dinner. By the time of going to sleep, the stomach becomes almost empty, and the body does not need additional time to assimilate and digest food, it immediately starts the processes of rest and recovery. In addition, a full stomach can put unnecessary pressure on the diaphragm and thus cause difficulty breathing during sleep.
• Less stress. People usually sleep at night, so they don't feel hungry. Hunger creates stress and aggression towards other people. In the case of this diet, problems with others do not threaten you, because in your most critical period you will have wonderful dreams and lose weight.

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Cons of evening fasting

• Kids time. Many people do not eat after six because of their daily schedule. People who refuse food after 18:00 must go to bed no later than 22:00, and who among us is even capable of such a thing? And even though we are already tired of writing about the benefits of healthy sleep and the need to go to bed on time, we perfectly understand that you can go to bed both at 02:00 and at 24:00 and not go to bed at all. Therefore, it is important to remember the basic principle of the diet - do not eat four hours before bedtime. This will not necessarily be the threshold of "six in the evening", but you will have a clear time limit that you can easily comply with, adjusting to your individual schedule.
• Big breaks. It is scientifically proven that long breaks between meals are detrimental to the health of the body. They become the causes of severe stress, a noticeable decrease in appetite, which further leads to breakdowns, both emotional and nutritional. Therefore, to avoid this, you must follow the first (and only) diet rule.
• Be in time before 18:00. The clock is 17:59, and in front of you is a bitten cake, a half-eaten cutlet and a plate with leftover fried potatoes? If yes, then we hasten to disappoint you: if you stop eating after 18:00 with such a diet, you still will not lose weight. A common mistake of many losing weight, who restrict food after six in the evening, is to try to eat everything at once, in large quantities and with off-scale calories, but strictly before 18:00. The body will spend time digesting such a dinner, and not burning fat, so the result will be zero.
• Whoever did it, he ate it. And who does not have time, he is starving. Alas, many often do not have time to grab a bite at 17:00, much less have a full dinner. With such a strict time limit, and even taking into account the late bedtime, a person will starve for 15-17 hours, which is absolutely harmful to the body and does not in any way contribute to weight loss. You can read about what happens if you do not have time or forget to eat on time. If you haven’t had dinner, then even though you’re madly wanting not to eat after a certain hour and iron willpower, it’s best to have dinner. A light salad, not donuts, of course.
• Party hard will have to be postponed. Unfortunately, all meetings and parties usually take place in the evening, after 18:00. Therefore, in order to avoid additional stress and temptations, it is better not to be present at such gatherings at all. Or you can come, eat an avocado salad and go to bed a little later, happy and well-fed.

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What if I decide not to eat after six?

It is easy to decide not to eat after such and such an hour, but following this principle is not always easy. There are several rules that will help you distract yourself and hold out until you go to bed and build your diet with such a diet.

1. Get the timing right when you go to bed, take four hours away from it, get the optimal time for your last meal, and have dinner, no sooner or later.
2. Opt for a light meal that's quickly digested. Vegetable salads with a touch of meat, fish, or seafood are ideal. And we will help you prepare a delicious and unusual salad, because which should be added to the salad, because they contribute to weight loss.
3. Drink a glass of warm water 20 minutes after dinner, but not more than 300 ml. By this time, your body has already started the digestive system, you will feel full, and water will complement this effect. Further, in order to endure all the time before bedtime, you can drink water no more than 250 ml at a time.
4. Take a break from hunger. Although most likely it will be thoughts in the spirit of "what to eat like this", and not "horror, how you want to eat." In order not to succumb to your temptations, do something. Do your homework, read a book, exercise, take a relaxing bath, clean your room, go for a walk with the dog. We do not recommend watching films and TV shows, because they immediately ask you to chew on them. You better do something useful. For example, read how Ilya Ilyich Oblomov at Goncharov went through the same agony as you. True, he never dined at all.
5. If you really really want to eat, and this will happen in the first two weeks, then it is better not to force yourself once again, but to give a little indulgence to your rebuilding body. Drink a glass of kefir with herbs, eat a cucumber without salt, eat cottage cheese or low-fat yogurt. All this is permissible to eat no later than 40 minutes before bedtime. Believe me, in two weeks it will be easier, and you will get used to eating like that.
6. Look at the main source of digestive problems - the refrigerator. If in the evenings you are drawn to something sweet, feel free to take it and throw it away in the trash. If there is no source of temptation, then there is no temptation either, so start cleaning the refrigerator (and the entire kitchen). However, the mother may disagree with such a revision, but getting rid of forbidden irritants is a necessary measure for losing weight without stress. Plus, if at night you are tempted to look into the refrigerator and eat a piece of sausage, you can hang pictures of two opposites on it: a very large man with giant fat deposits, who crushes hamburgers and cakes, and next to it is a photo of a model who inspires you. The latter can be anyone: a tight plus size model, skinny Cara Delevingne or Kendall Jenner, your favorite it-girl, a blogger-blogger - in general, anyone who motivates you. You will go to the refrigerator, look at the pictures and see two possible options for your future. And only you can choose who to be. If this does not help, then use the advice.
7. So that you don't want to eat an elephant and a little lamb in the evening, build your daily ration correctly. Start with tight and

A diet after 6 is not to eat - rather, it is not a way to lose weight, but a whole way of life. But lovely ladies usually resort to it only when it is necessary to deal with deposits on the waist. There are, of course, exceptions, but they are rare. So, those people who are used to having dinner before six in the evening always look perfect, often smile and feel ten years younger. And they never have deposits on the waist.

Everyone knows from childhood that it is better to give your dinner to the enemy. Why? Let's figure it out. Breakfast energizes a person for the first half of the day. Lunch - gives strength to stay awake until the night. What does dinner do? Dinner puts stress on the stomach and makes it work all night, the body does not rest, as a result of which people wake up tired and lethargic. Americans have long come up with a diet, the menu of which has no dinner at all. It's called “Dinner minus”. Nutritionists say that everything eaten after 6 pm is deposited at your waist. In general, if you want to be slim - learn to go to bed with an empty stomach.

Beware of stress

If you strictly adhere to the principle of not eating after six in the evening, then a week you can lose about two kilograms. This is not very much, but not too little. The main thing is that this method of losing weight cannot harm health. If you urgently need to fit your figure to your favorite skirt, then it is better to take a more strict diet.

Many people cannot refuse a late dinner. Most often this comes from an improper diet. With the modern rhythm of life, most of humanity drinks coffee in the morning, at lunchtime it is limited to snacks, and in the evening it simply cannot refuse delicious homemade food. Rebuilding such a schedule is very difficult, and sometimes even impossible.

It is important to remember that if the absence of a late dinner makes you nervous, then it is better to refuse such a diet. Try to simply reduce the portion and eat it slowly, as your body requires. Tense nerves will definitely not make you prettier and can provoke serious problems. You can't sacrifice your health, it's better to go in for sports.

If your stress tolerance is at the highest level, then you can gradually start a diet. This is exactly what doctors recommend to do. You should not torment yourself with hunger from the first day. Have a light snack like yogurt or fruit salad. Such a dinner will reduce appetite, but will not add too much calories. Baked vegetables, boiled fish or chicken, boiled eggs, or an omelette cooked in the microwave are great options for dinner.

You can overcome hunger before bed with a small piece of cheese, but no more than 20 g. Only cheese should be of good quality with the lowest carbohydrate content. An alternative to it can be a cracker or half a glass of kefir.

In the evening, you need to take a warm (not hot) bath, this helps you fall asleep faster and stronger. If for some reason you cannot take a bath, take a walk in the air, this also significantly calms down the nervous system.

There is no need to fill the refrigerator in reserve, especially with high-calorie foods that will seduce you with their presence. Put fruits, vegetables and herbs there, they are much healthier than balyk and sausages.

Force yourself to eat in the morning, even if you don't feel like it. And do not starve during the day: by the evening hunger will defeat the desire to lose weight, and tomorrow you will have to start all over again. Avoid eating spices during lunch.

Try to brush your teeth immediately after dinner. A fresh mouth will help keep you from late snacking.

Refuse in the evening from coffee, alcohol and strong tea, so as not to interfere with sound sleep. Mint and lemon balm tea will be much healthier.

You can also distract yourself from hunger with household chores, talking on the phone, reading books and watching your favorite TV shows. You should not get carried away with cooking shows, and arrange with your family not to eat in your presence.

After a few days, the body will completely get used to the regime. You will no longer feel hungry and you will be able to sit quietly at the table with your family for dinner. If the above recommendations do not help you in any way, and at the sight of a plate of noodles you start to feel hungry, you can not continue. You can put a fat point on your diet. It doesn't suit you. Perhaps, according to your individual biological profile, you belong to the "owls", then night fasting will not leave you. Larks find it much easier to refuse the evening meal.

This method of losing weight can rather be called a lifestyle that will make you slim and cheerful. Austerity and pedantry are needed here like nowhere else, because this diet requires not to eat after 6. This is an easy way to get rid of extra pounds, but in order to get used to such a regime, you need to strongly want to be slim. Probably everyone has heard since childhood that you need to eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give dinner to the enemy. And this is a correct statement. After all, a person needs most of all energy in the morning and afternoon, so breakfast should be hearty and high-calorie. Lunch gives a boost of energy for the other half of the day, and by the evening of wakefulness there is no need, the body needs rest. Based on this, the Americans even came up with a special diet called "Dinner Minus", which requires you to refuse dinner altogether. In the evening, physical activity is minimized, as a result, the sides and stomach grow from whatever you eat.

Video: Dr. Kovalkov on nutrition after 6

Caution - stress

If you stop eating at night, you can lose two kilograms a week. Nutritionists say that almost everyone who adheres to such a diet is losing weight. But this method is not fast, so you should not rely on it if you urgently need to fit yourself into a dress.

For some people, it becomes a big problem to avoid having dinner after 6 pm. The fact is that most of us live in the wrong rhythm, limiting ourselves to a cup of coffee in the morning, a few snacks during the day. And having come home from work at 8 pm, a person simply physically cannot refuse hearty homemade food. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to rebuild oneself for a new regime, and sometimes even impossible.

It is very important to know that if restricting food in the evenings provokes stress, then you should abandon such a diet. Try to reduce the amount of food and eat calmly, as required by the body. Nervous tension will definitely not make you beautiful and can lead to serious problems. It is better then to go in for sports intensively than to sacrifice your own health.

If you refuse dinner after 6 pm, you will feel completely different in the morning.

If you are stress-free and want to skip late dinners, nutritionists recommend starting your diet gradually. It is not necessary to starve painfully from the first day. Snack on a light, fruity dessert like low fat yogurt. Such a dinner will not add calories, but will reduce appetite in person. Steamed vegetables, a slice of boiled chicken, or a microwaved omelet made from two eggs and a few tablespoons of milk can be a good option for a light dinner.

If you are really hungry, you can eat a small piece of cheese (no more than 20 g), this will help you fall asleep faster. An alternative to cheese can be a glass of milk or a cracker.

Also, before going to bed, it will be right to take a warm relaxing bath or take a walk down the street, this will put your nerves in order and help you fall asleep quickly.

Do not buy high-calorie foods in reserve, so that they do not tempt you with their appearance. It is better to fill the refrigerator with fruit, which is much healthier than sausage or balyk.

Do not starve during the day, otherwise by the evening the feeling of hunger will prevail over reason and tomorrow you will have to start all over again. Eat a good breakfast, remember to dine, and skip the hot spices that whet your appetite.

Try to brush your teeth as early as possible, the feeling of freshness in your mouth helps keep you from late snacking.

Avoid alcoholic drinks, coffee and green tea in the evening. This can interfere with restful sleep.

Instead of tempting foods, fill the refrigerator with fresh vegetables

Many distract themselves from hunger with household chores, reading books, talking on the phone and watching their favorite TV shows. The main thing is to ask your loved ones to refrain from eating food in your presence.

On the third or fourth day, the body gets used to this diet, and you can calmly relate to food and stop feeling hungry. If the above tips do not help you in any way, and you panic at the sight of a plate of pasta, you can safely put an end to your diet. Perhaps you are an "owl" on a biological profile, then night attacks of hunger will torment you constantly. It has been proven that larks cope with the refusal of the evening meal much easier, and those who go to bed in the morning, naturally, suffer.

You should not turn the goal of losing 5 kilograms into a dream of your whole life. Know that you can achieve the set goal within the next week!

No strict diets or food restrictions, strenuous exercise or costly supplements. You just need to return to the simple rule: do not eat after six o'clock in the evening.

About how the diet works, about the secrets of achieving maximum results and the positive and negative consequences of adhering to it in the material below.

Why can't you eat after 6 pm? Where did this figure come from?

At 6 o'clock in the evening, we exhale deeply, push aside the cutlets, salad, deliciously seasoned with mayonnaise and a piece of half-eaten cake, and in our head there is only one thought: "Wow, I made it to six!"

If you recognize yourself in the above situation, then you are not adhering to the diet "do not eat after six"! Do not think that at the moment when the clock strikes the seventh hour, the body begins to burn fat.

The rule "do not eat after six", which is inspired by all losing weight, has a scientific basis!

The maximum level of activity falls on 12-16 hours of the working day: during this period, not only the brain, but also the physical component of the human body is involved in the work.

When returning home after a hard day at work, it is common for a person to strive to relax, stretching out his legs on the couch, while eating a high-calorie dinner in parallel.

Nutritionists noticed a pattern and deduced an approximate figure - six hours - after the appearance of which on the clock, you should forget about food.

Thus, by refusing late meals, you prevent the appearance of excess volume on the body.

But, the eaten portion of the pie in tandem with reduced motor activity and slowed down metabolic processes will certainly play a cruel joke against you, making every effort so that you do not fit into your favorite jeans.

According to scientific experiments, in the process of complete or partial starvation, significant weight loss occurs in the evening, which confirms the effectiveness of the diet "after 6".

What products are you still allowed?

Even if you have been strictly following the "diet" for several weeks now, an elementary disruption in your diet, caused by a delay in work, an invitation to a banquet or a late workout, can lead to the return of pounds that once left you.

So, what should you do if the clock has struck six and you haven't had dinner yet?

First of all, you should determine the amount of food consumed in the evening. The size of the dinner should be the volume of two palms folded in a semicircle. This is the perfect rule of thumb to help you avoid overeating.

Eat slowly, savor every bite, savor the taste of the dish.

The brain loves to deceive the stomach: eating food in a hurry, a person often pays little attention to chewing - once or twice and swallows - the brain, analyzing the number of jaw movements, comes to the conclusion that there was not enough food.

As a result, even after a dense, at first glance, meal, a sucking feeling may arise in the stomach.

For dinner, a combination of protein with complex carbohydrates is ideal. For example, lean baked chicken breast with tomatoes, steamed fish on a vegetable bed.

The greatest percentage of the digestibility of fermented milk products by the human body occurs in the evening, so a portion of low-calorie cottage cheese or a glass of kefir will not only perfectly cope with hunger, but will also be beneficial.

The following tips can help make the transition to skipping food after 6 p.m. easier and more effective:

1. Be sure to eat well throughout the day. Do not avoid hearty breakfasts, lunches, high-calorie dinners and light snacks. The hunger strike comes only after six! You want to lose weight correctly, and not lose energy and turn into a lifeless body;
2. Refill your body with your daily water requirement. It is known that the brain centers responsible for hunger and thirst are nearby, so the urge is often confused. If you feel like eating, you should drink a glass of water - this will help avoid confusion of desires, and also prevent overeating;
3. Do not pay attention to gastronomic factors. Replace dinner with a home-made spa or relaxing yoga session. Get down to business that will not lead you to think about "eating";
4. Brush your teeth as early as 7-8 pm, and not immediately before going to bed. The desire to keep the oral cavity clean will overcome the heightened appetite;
5. If you feel hungry before going to bed, and you seem to be about to go to the kitchen and eat a piece of cake left for tomorrow, a spoonful of honey with hot water will be the best solution to the problem. So, going to bed will not be spoiled by an aching stomach.

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The main principle of the diet "After 6 do not eat"

You can't eat after six. Here's a girl, for example, how many years old?

Well, that's all, so don't eat anymore.

Approximately such a mistake is made by those who dream of losing extra pounds by means of restrictions on food in temporary space.

In fact, the main reason why doctors and nutritionists disapprove of the discussed diet is the literal perception of its name. People learn the rule "do not eat after six" like a dogma, forgetting about the natural processes in the body.

Therefore, before you start a new diet, it is worth clarifying one thing: the timing in this case is very abstract. Not eating after six is ​​a real cliché that only exacerbates the situation with losing weight, leading to weight gain.

The “don't eat after six” diet is like a simplified version of proper nutrition, according to the laws of which the last meal should occur 3-4 hours before bedtime. 6 pm or 6 pm is an approximate figure for the average person who goes to bed at 10 or 22 hours.

Simple arithmetic dictates that the difference between the last meal and the start of sleep is the correct four hours.

Accordingly, the time frame of the new style of eating should be delineated purely individually.

What doctors and people say: reviews and results

Nutritionist, head of the Institute of Dietetics Mikhail Ginzburg has his own opinion on the "Don't eat after six" diet:

As animals with a predominant evening diet, our nature is based on supper. Never deny yourself dinner, but do not overdo it: it should be light, protein-rich and take place at least 3-4 hours before bedtime. Three ingredients for a healthy evening meal!

We also offer a video review from nutritionist Alexei Kovalkov for viewing:

And here is what our dear readers think:

If you need to maintain a healthy weight, then a diet is ideal. If you need a crazy result in the form of -10 kg per week, then, sorry, refusing to eat after six in the evening will not help you. Do not hope, as I once did.

Ruslana, 31 years old

I was on the "Don't eat after 6" diet with my mother. They ate almost the same, physical activity was the same, except that the weight and dietary habits were different. At that time, I weighed 62 kg, and my mother - 89 kg. I ate more or less right, and my mother - whatever. In the end, it took me absolutely zero kilograms in a month, but my mother - 6 kg. Therefore, it all depends on the starting weight and how you ate before starting the diet.

Christina, 39 years old

I like the diet, I have not eaten after 6 for more than a month! It is easy to adhere, there are no strict dietary restrictions, and if you did not manage to eat four hours before bedtime, you can always satisfy your hunger with a product from the list of "permissions". What am I going to say - see the results in the photo! -8 kg in a month and a half!

Valentina, 19 years old

Another interesting video:

Restricting yourself on food throughout the day is not at all necessary. In order to stay slim, and even lose weight gradually taking shape, it is enough to eat the right foods in the evening.

Moreover, the mark - after 6 pm each has its own and it depends, first of all, on what time you go to bed. The main thing is that the last meal should be 3-4 hours before bedtime.

Starve after 6 pm not something that would not be useful, but even harmful. After all, if the next meal after 6 pm is only at 9 am, then the total time of the hungry period will turn out to be about 14 hours. And in this case, the body will intentionally accumulate and store fat in advance, so that in your next hunger strike it will have something to profit from.

This process does not need to be started at all, and especially for those who seek lose weight... After all, if you have not eaten for more than 10 hours, almost the entire next day, the food you eat will be transformed into fats. And if this happens from day to day, then even less about any weight loss there can be no question.

So you can eat in the evenings, but, of course, not to waste. According to the method of nutritionist Kovalkov, it is best to prepare a light salad of fresh vegetables for dinner with a small amount of low-fat cottage cheese. And at night, eat 2 boiled egg whites, since it is perfectly absorbed, but it takes a long time to digest, creating a feeling of satiety. It's also a good idea not to overeat at night - just brush your teeth. This is a ritual to symbolize that your mouth is clean and closed for food.

What contraindicated after 6 pm so it is fatty, sweet, high-calorie food, alcohol, coffee. Also, do not eat poorly digestible foods - mushrooms, legumes, liver, smoked foods, fried meat.

Below are the products that permitted consume in moderation after six in the evening and not get better.

From fruits and vegetables after 6 pm you can eat apples, pineapple, oranges, grapefruit, nectarines, broccoli, cauliflower and white cabbage, spinach, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cucumbers, beets, eggplants, green beans, leeks, pumpkin, tomatoes.

Nutritionists recommend in menu after 6 pm foods with "negative calorie", and this is cabbage and spinach. The whole point is that your body will spend more calories on their digestion than food contains. By eating such products, you can not only preserve harmony, but also eliminate extra pounds.

From dairy products in the evening menu, you can include kefir or yogurt (1% fat), low-fat cottage cheese, you can also allow a glass of skim milk.

also in food allowed after 6pm you can include foods that promote sleep, containing magnesium, which relaxes tense muscles, and potassium, which stabilizes brain function. These include mainly greens, cabbage, green peas, cereals, baked fish.

Now you know if you can eat after 6, and what you can eat at this time in the evening.