Why eat an egg at night: throw away the yolk, leave the white – the effect is noticeable from the first days

12.04.2024 22:18

Regularly eating eggs before bed can help you lose weight.

Nutritionist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Alexey Kovalkov told us how to eat eggs at night to lose weight.

The expert’s recommendations are provided by MIR 24 .

Why eat eggs at night

As Kovalkov explained, eggs contain amino acids that stimulate the production of the growth hormone somatotropin.

Thanks to this hormone, which has a fat-burning effect, a person loses weight in his sleep.

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Somatotropin begins to be produced at 12 o'clock at night and can burn 150 g of fat tissue in 50 minutes.

The specialist recommended eating two eggs before bed.

Throw away the yolks, boil the egg whites, fry them, cook them with garlic, with dill, eat them right before bed, the nutritionist advised.

According to him, it is healthy to eat not only eggs at night, but also meat, fish and seafood.

The doctor also recommended removing carbohydrates (porridge, fruits) from the diet 4-5 hours before bedtime.

Previously, we talked about which spices should be included in the diet when losing weight.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor