Nighttime nibbles: Three snacks perfect for evening cravings
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When it comes to diets and daily routines, it's challenging to resist a tasty sandwich or sweets in the evening. Early dinners and small portions often lead to late-night cravings. However, there are three products you can eat at night without worrying about your figure, reports Fit or Fun.
Peanut butter as a satisfying evening snack
Peanut butter with a calorie content of 588 calories per 100 grams, at first glance, is undoubtedly not a light snack. However, it can be beneficial to treat yourself to a dinner of whole-grain bread thinly spread with peanut butter.
Peanut butter ensures that your muscles receive high-quality proteins throughout the night. You will strengthen and prevent muscle breakdown. Unlike fat deposits, they are usually part of the desired body weight and help burn more energy.
Another advantage of peanut butter is that it enhances thermogenesis at night, accelerating fat burning. Stronger muscles and less fat overnight: what seems like a dream often comes true with peanut butter. However, you should never spread more than ten grams on bread because the tastiest cream is also a calorie bomb.
Dark chocolate - a magical remedy for a peaceful sleep
A bar of dark chocolate contains a lot of calories. 589 calories per 100 grams make a bar of dark chocolate a real heavyweight. But who said we have to eat the whole bar at once? Late at night, we eat a small piece and get a double benefit: consuming chocolate initially raises blood sugar levels.
This ensures that we get tired quickly before a new urge to eat arises. When we then blissfully fall asleep, the magnesium in chocolate ensures a particularly deep and relaxing sleep until the next morning.
Almonds - beneficial treats before bedtime
Although almonds contain 570 calories per 100 grams, a small portion, as before, remains the perfect bedtime treat thanks to the ingredients. Almonds contain not only relaxing magnesium but also tryptophan. This amino acid at night is converted into serotonin in the body, ensuring peaceful dreams.
Consuming almonds also promotes the production of the hormone melatonin, which promotes sleep. Thus, almonds are a healthful bedtime snack that also provides excellent satiety.
By the way, earlier we wrote that coffee can help with weight loss.
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