BookMEDS Blog Night Eating Syndrome-A Serious Eating Disorder

I wake up, workout, and then go extremely focused to face my day. I take only quality nutrients, count calories.My diet goes totally perfect and i don't even get a slightest desire to cheat myself. Then, something happens. The moon comes out, and suddenly fitness freak in me turns to wolf. I grab some snakcs to eat. If nothing is available in kitchen, i take my phone and start making frantic phone calls to resturants for food.i have fallen cultprit to it many times, unknowingly and i got realized that it happens with numerous people around the globe. Experts say it is a pshychological disorder called night eating syndrome. Generally food lovers and binge eaters fall pray to this disorder. Check out the causes, symptoms and problems associated with night eating syndrome here. Causes of Night Eating Syndrome: The habit rare its head when susceptible people experience stressful life events like illness to loved family member, losing loved one's (break up, death of particular person) and losing a job etc. It's more commonly seen in people who is overweight. According to researchers more than 15% of overweight people have night binge eating habits. Symptoms of Night Eating Syndrome: People with NES often skin breakfast.Eat little during the day and feel hunger in the evening.Their moods tend to worsen as the evening progress.They stay awake till late nights and often feel that they must eat something to allow them to sleep, but usually aren't hungry.Eat only 30% of food intake during day times and consume 70% after 6PM where normal person will get filled with 70% of diet by 6PM. Are you a Night Time Binge Eater? If your answers to most of the questions here are, 'Yes'. It suggests that you are suffering with NES. Talk to your doctor for more information and support. Do you Rarely, if ever, feel hungry in the morning?Overeat during evenings? Especially evening meal?Wake till late nights and often feel yourself satisfied and go to sleep after eating some junk?Often feel sad, anxious and stressed or feel depressed during evening times? Problems associated with Night Eating Syndrome:Individuals with night eating syndrome are more prone to health problems associated with overweight. The problems include high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart diseses, many types of cancers and gall bladder disease.These people are also susceptible to suffer from depression frequently. To know about how to control night eating disorders stay tuned to us.