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Night shift? Eat smart and stay full

Night shift? Eat smart and stay full

Working nights flips your hunger clock and leaves you with mostly canteen junk. A packed tiffin of two rotis, a besan cheela and yogurt fills you for about 410 kcal, lighter than the usual Maggi-and-chai graze of about 570.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Eating after 8pm turns food straight into fat.

mostly false

Mostly false. Your body counts the whole day's calories, not the hour on the clock. It takes about 7700 extra kcal to gain 1 kg of body fat, the same maths at noon or 2am. Night shifts don't store fat by magic. They trip you up because the only food around is Maggi and fried snacks, and four sugary chais slip down easy.

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