http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/midnight-snacks-pack-on-pounds/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/midnight-snacks-pack-on-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-12969 Beth Skwarecki » Friday 5: Get your flu shot, drink your milk, and take your placebo. Thu, 27 May 2010 15:18:51 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=3848#comment-12969 [...] Midnight snacks pack on the pounds. The research, done in rats and involving high-fat foods, isn’t exactly ready for sweeping extrapolation. But I liked the article for this quote specifically: “‘How or why a person gains weight is very complicated, but it clearly is not just calories in and calories out,’ says Fred Turek, professor of neurobiology and physiology at Northwestern University and director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology.” (Contrary to popular belief, people are not bunsen burners.) [...] [...] Midnight snacks pack on the pounds. The research, done in rats and involving high-fat foods, isn’t exactly ready for sweeping extrapolation. But I liked the article for this quote specifically: “‘How or why a person gains weight is very complicated, but it clearly is not just calories in and calories out,’ says Fred Turek, professor of neurobiology and physiology at Northwestern University and director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology.” (Contrary to popular belief, people are not bunsen burners.) [...]

]]> http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/midnight-snacks-pack-on-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-12612 Sushanta Sat, 15 May 2010 16:56:02 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=3848#comment-12612 This does not imply that someone who [almost] always goes to bed after midnight should sleep on an empty stomach for the fear of getting obese; right?? This does not imply that someone who [almost] always goes to bed after midnight should sleep on an empty stomach for the fear of getting obese; right??

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