"midnight snack" is a noun, which means to add food after supper, while "midnight snack" is a verb, which means to eat midnight snack.
However, both "midnight snack" and "midnight snack" say one thing: go to eat something in the evening.
1, what is a midnight snack?
Generally, breakfast, lunch and dinner are the main meals, while supper is an extra meal after dinner. With the advancement of society, people's spiritual life has gradually become rich, and there are few people who start to sleep after dark as before, and there are many people who start to lie in bed around midnight.
However, it has been several hours since dinner time in the early morning, and it is normal to get hungry. Eating during this time is a "midnight snack". A midnight snack is not necessarily a big meal. Cooking with fire can be counted as a midnight snack, and eating bread and snacks can also be counted as a midnight snack.
2. It is not good to eat supper.
Although many people have developed the habit of eating supper now, eating supper will do harm to their health.
First of all, eating at night can easily lead to obesity, because most of the food taken late at night is high in protein and fat, and then falling asleep after eating, resulting in insufficient exercise, precipitation and absorption of various nutrients, which makes the body fat.
In addition, eating supper will increase the burden on the stomach, and the stomach needs to enter a rest time at night, but the food you eat will make it need to help you digest at night, so that it will not get a rest. In the long run, it will reduce the function of the stomach and breed various stomach diseases.
Finally, eating supper will also affect sleep, and there is food running in the stomach, which may not only cause insomnia, but also easily reduce the quality of sleep.
First, supper
Midnight snack is a written language, and this word is both a verb and a noun. In the explanation of words, midnight snack has two meanings, one refers to the food eaten in the evening, which is the meaning commonly used by all of us, and the other refers to the very late time.
Second, snack
Compared with midnight snack, the word midnight snack is more colloquial and used more frequently in Guangzhou. The main meaning is food at night.
In actual use, there is no difference between midnight snack and midnight snack. Both words refer to food in the evening, and refer to some snacks that are not easy to eat at night, such as barbecue, stir-fry and sweet soup foods that are common in the south.
The custom of eating midnight snack originated in Lingnan area from the very beginning, because it is located in the south of China, with subtropical climate, sultry days and short nights, so it is very suitable for eating a midnight snack at night.
Although eating midnight snack is a good enjoyment, there are still many places to pay attention to for the sake of health.
First of all, the quantity should not be too much. We all know that eating less at night is good for our health, and we will have a rest at night soon after midnight snack. Eating too much will affect the digestive function of the stomach, leading to food accumulation, and it will easily lead to obesity after a long time.
Try not to use greasy food as a snack. Greasy food takes more time to digest, and the time from midnight snack to bedtime is often not enough to digest greasy food. Poor digestion will affect the quality of sleep at night, so it is not recommended to eat greasy food at night.