How about this theory : You should eat more food at dinner because when you sleep your body renews cells, etc?

I have a japanese co-worker who only has a cup of green tea in the morning. For lunch, he eats moderate amount of food but in the evening..whoa..he really eats a lot. He said, in Japan, people eat more in the evening because when you sleep your body fixes/renews cells/tissues, etc. I'd love to try this. But what do you think? Any experience? He's incredibly fit and in ideal weight.|||It is a poor plan. You need some calories in the morning to kick start both your metabolism and your brain, Some calories at lunchtime to sustain you through the day and a modest evening meal. It is no accident that all over the world humans eat 3 times a day.|||Sorry but all that does is allow your body to become a VERY efficient FAT MAKING MACHINE because in order too function fully the body needs to work and that is why we need to get energy from our food or like a car which is never run or tuned it will fur up and rust. If you then begin to add weight the engine begins to labour and the car stops permanently, in the body this means the heart stops - OK? (you cannot see what is happening inside your friends body but if he is not furring up his arteries then he is a lucky man but no way indicative of the Japanese norm)So Petal rest eat well and healthily exercise feel tired rest and start to recharge ready for the next day and may you have a long useful and very happy life


Dot|||It depends on your metabolism.|||That's what most of us in America do. Doesn't work. Your body is trying to digest food all night and with no exercise during that 8 hrs, it can't. We take fat to bed with us and that's why it piles on. You should not eat anything 3-4 hours before going to bed to avoid that. That means no late night snacks, either. Tell your friend. The body is regenerating at night, but fat cells are growing.





You have to remember Japanese are naturally skinny from hundreds of years of eating right. They eat light and right, and walk more than we do. Tradition has served them well... until McDonalds started taking over the earth.|||I think that it really does work. I've experienced that same eating schedule, or at least something similar to it, and it does work. You just can over indulge yourself with the wrong foods. Remember - Calories in, calories out.