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Nutritionist Stresses Importance of Sleep and Eating Early Meals

If you're eating very late meals and not getting a lot of sleep, you could be hindering your body's natural processing of nutrients.

 

Dr. Jim LaValle the author of 'Cracking The Metabolic Code' and the clinical director of the Pro Football Performance Health Program and says when we sleep, our body is breaking down critical nutrients and flushing out all the bad stuff. 

 

 

Dr. LaValle believes it is best if we can eat our meals before 7 pm or 8 pm. He points out you want around 12 hours between your last meal of the day and the first meal of the next day.

 

 

There are other areas of the world where they do eat meals later in the day but Dr. LaValle points out, many of those cultures have vastly different lifestyles in terms of work and a workday balance.

 

 

According to Dr. LaValle, our bodies run on a literal day and night schedule and this is a topic that is getting greater attention through studies in the medical community. 

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