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Why is it not good to eat after 8?
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8 is just a number: There isn't anything special about the number 8, but sometimes people are asked to stop eating after 8:00pm. One reason is to decrease stomach reflux symptoms, which worsen if a person lies down to go to bed with a stomach full of food. Another reason is that some people keep snacking after dinner, out of habit. That snacking adds lots of calories every day, and makes them overweight.
Answered 12/9/2013
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