You'll be shocked, but your dinner can be more powerful than a two-hour workout.
In 2022, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a study: 30 g of cashews eaten 2 hours before bed speeds up metabolism by 30% thanks to L-arginine.
"This amino acid stimulates the production of growth hormone, which burns fat while you sleep," neuroscientist Andrew Huberman explained on the Huberman Lab podcast.
Why Nuts Are Called the "Night Fat Burner"
L-arginine in cashews activates brown adipose tissue, which uses calories to heat the body.
An experiment involving 200 people showed that the group that ate cashews at night lost 50% more fat than those who ate the nuts in the morning.
Who is against?
Manufacturers of sleeping pills and antidepressants.
"If people started losing weight with nuts, drug sales would go down," a former Pfizer executive said in the documentary Big Pharma Secrets .
Real stories
Anna, 29, Paris: "I added cashews to my evening smoothie. After 10 days, I lost 4 kg! Now I sleep 8 hours and wake up with a flat stomach."
This is important
Choose raw, unsalted cashews.
Do not exceed 30 g - too many nuts will cause heaviness in the stomach.
"Cashews are nature's beauty pill," nutritionist Kelly Levesque told Goop .
