3. It increases the risk of a heart attack: Experts have found that eating dinner after 7pm could increase the risk of suffering a heart attack. Researchers from Dokuz Eylül University assessed more than 700 adults with high blood pressure in order to find out whether different eating times made a difference to their health.

　　深夜进食增加患心脏病的风险：专家发现，19点后进食可能会增加患心脏病的风险，Dokuz Eylül大学的研究人员对700多名患有高血压的成年人进行了评估，以研究进食时间差异是否会对他们的健康产生影响。

　　They found that eating dinner late at night had the most significant impact on overnight blood pressure while eating with two hours of going to sleep did more damage than indulging in a high salt content diet.

　　他们发现，深夜进食对夜间血压的影响最大，而睡前两小时进食比高盐饮食的危害更大。

　　4. It creates acid reflux: According to experts, eating late at night (especially heavy foods) and going to sleep shortly after is a key contributor to acid reflux.

　　深夜进食引起胃酸倒流：据专家介绍，深夜进食（尤其是重口味食物）然后很快入睡是引起胃酸倒流的重要原因。

　　Because your stomach takes a few hours to empty after a meal, physician Jamie Koufman says when you go to sleep it allows for the acid to spill out of your still full stomach and leak into your esophagus, leading to acid reflux.

　　因为胃部在进餐后需要数小时才能消化干净，医生杰米•考夫曼称，睡觉时胃酸会从满胀的胃部溢出，流进食道，导致胃酸倒流。

　　5. It makes you hungrier the next day: Eating late at night can have you feeling hungrier than usual when you wake up the next morning thanks to the insulin your pancreas releases after a meal.

　　深夜进食会让你第二天更饿：深夜进食会让你在第二天早上醒来时，比平时更加饥饿，因为进餐后身体会分泌胰岛素。

　　This in turn produces more glucose which triggers a hormone called 'ghrelin', responsible for triggering hunger.

　　身体会因此产生更多葡萄糖，从而刺激分泌一种叫做“饥饿素”的激素，这种激素会引发饥饿感。

　　英文来源：中国日报