food before bed

[Monkeybrains]

I read somewhere that you shouldn't eat anything up to 3 hours before going to sleep, because it does something that makes your body release less gh.
What do you think?

[Britney2081]

You know I have heard the same thing all my life. But tonight a friend told me that its alright to eat before bed as long as: its not carbs, and its done in moderation. Eat a protein such as a couple of slices of deli meat or egg whites.

[syntekz]

load of bull. dont worry about it.

[TreeTrunks]

I've always read where you want low carbs eat foods like cottage cheese because of the casein it has. I have always read bodybuilders are to stay away from deli-meat. I guess because of the fat content.

[the_hall]

I eat a can of tuna and cottage cheese before bed, 50g protien. I then get up about 4 hours later and eat some peanutbutter, and more cottage cheese.

[Avatar]

eat protein/fat before bed or cottage cheese.

[Tryska]

yes yes..cottage cheese and flax! :D

if your concerned with lowered GH, skip the carbs 90 minutes before bed.

[syntekz]

Tryska; do you think it lowers GH levels in any significant amount?

[Tryska]

I think that carbohydrates in general can lower GH by a significant amount...but I'm still not fully sure on how important minor GH spikes are in the grand scheme. (if that makes any sense)

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

the release of insulin inhibits the release of GH.