Craving junk food at night? Here's how to break it

Night junk cravings are usually a too-small dinner plus a habit, not a willpower failure. Swap the Maggi-and-chai run for a besan chilla or a bowl of Greek yogurt and you drop about 140 kcal, and you actually feel full.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Eating at night turns the food straight into fat.

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Mostly false. Your body uses calories the same way at 10 pm as at noon. A 300 kcal snack is 300 kcal toward your whole day's total - the clock does not change the maths. Weight changes come from the full day's balance, not the hour you ate. It takes about 7700 kcal to add or lose roughly 1 kg of body weight, so one night snack alone will not move the needle. The real problem at night is what you reach for, and how much.

Sources: Wishnofsky 1960 - Caloric Equivalents of Gained or Lost Weight (JAMA)

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