Why You Must Eat Before Going to Bed?

Owen's equation(kilograms):

RMR (male) = 879 + (10.2 * (body weight in kilograms))

RMR (female) = 795 + (7.18 * (body weight in kilograms))

Owen's equation(pounds):

RMR (male) = 879 + (4.64 * (body weight in pounds))

You have probably heard the old myth, that you should not eat ahead of time bed, seeing as how all the food you eat will be stored as fat. That is simply not true. People burn quite a number of calories while sleeping or resting in bed. If you know how many calories you are going to burn while sleeping, you can eat the same number of calories without getting fatter.

For bodybuilders and athletes, it is important to eat first bed. Doing so will rinse out the muscles with complete amino acids for the whole night. I am going to develop a mathematical formula, so that you will know how many calories you can eat historically bed, without getting fatter.

First, we need to assay your Resting Metabolic Rate(RMR). There are many formulas, and for the sake of simplicity, let's use Owen's equation.

Owen's equation(kilograms):

RMR (male) = 879 + (10.2 * (body weight in kilograms))

RMR (female) = 795 + (7.18 * (body weight in kilograms))

Owen's equation(pounds):

RMR (male) = 879 + (4.64 * (body weight in pounds))

RMR (female) = 795 + (3.26 * (body weight in pounds))

One day has 1440 minutes. If we divide RMR by 1440, we will plan ahead how many calories per minute does a person burn at rest. Now, that we know this number, it is time to consider how many calories a person will burn while sleeping. Sleeping has a MET value of 0.9, which means a burn rate of 0.9 * (RMR/1440) calories per minute.

Finally we have to multiply the horsepower-year burn rate per minute by the number of minutes that a person sleeps. We get at the formula: 0.9 * (RMR/1440) * number of minutes sleeping

We can further refine this formula for we haven't taken into consideration the Thermic Effect of Food. For most mixed meals, the body burns close by 10% of the eaten calories to digest the food. To add up the precise number of calories we need to eat to maintain zero photon selling account while sleeping, we will solve this equation:

Calories Eaten(CE) - TEF = 0.9 * (RMR/1440) * number of minutes sleeping (noms)

TEF = Calories Eaten/10

CE - CE/10 = 0.9 * (RMR/1440) * noms

9*CE/10 = 0.9 * (RMR/1440) * noms

0.9 * CE = 0.9 * (RMR/1440) * noms

CE = (RMR/1440) * noms

The formula turned out to be simpler than we expected. different story simplification is to base the formula on hours, not minutes. In this case:

Calories Eaten forward Bed = (RMR/24) * Hours Slept

It is time for a real world example. Consider a 200 pound male bodybuilder, that sleeps 7 hours a night.

Resting Metabolic Rate = 879 + (4.64 * 200) = 1807

Calories Eaten ahead of time Bed = (RMR/24) * 7 = 527 calories

In this specific case, our case study bodybuilder can safely eat 527 calories sooner going to bed, and we are sure that he will maintain zero foot-pound balance.

I suggest a protein and fat meal, providing complete slowly digested proteins. The best foods fore bed are: all meats, eggs and low-carb cheeses.