Internist Myths

One of the news stations had an Internist debunking diet myths. The segment looked like it was filmed nationally.

Internist are excellent doctors but their not Dietitians or Nutritionist. Doctor doesn't mean diet guru it means doctor. The nature of the work is more reactive than proactive.
Here's the rub:
-Myth, 'calories consumed at night are worse than at other times of day.'
This is misleading. It would fit better under truth. Here's why.

-Metabolic Economics. All body functions slow at night. If you go to bed with a calorie deficit your body will breakdown muscle and fat to fill the glycogen stores in the liver and muscles.
Going to bed with a calorie surplus after energy stores are full will lead to fat storage.
During the day glycogen stores are constantly being depleted and replaced. Energy is being used and metabolic rates are higher.
It takes about 4 hours to refill energy stores. Within 1 hour food is being converted to energy.
This is why bodybuilders eat within an hour after exercise. During sleep there's less conversion and more storage.
Nutritionist call this Carb Timing. Athletes are not to eat a big meal within an hour of activity. There's no time to convert and they just become sluggish.

The same calories can be stored and used very differently based on timing.

Like an airplane just carry enough fuel till your next destination.

Self Test: Eat a big meal and go to bed. Wake up hungry. Where did the food go? Eat a very small portion before bed. No hunger in the morning? Where did the body get the energy?