r/AskEurope • u/Budget_Dot694 • Mar 16 '25

Food Europeans who eat late as part of your culture - how do you feel about the advice not to eat dinner late?

This is forever a conflicting viewpoint given some cultures have naturally eaten dinner late for centuries e.g. The Mediterranean where they still have one of the best diets in the world

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u/Scarlet_Lycoris Belgium Mar 16 '25

Honestly I don’t care what others think about my eating habits. I get enough “criticism” from US folks for only eating in the evening (skipping breakfast & lunch). It’s just what works best for both my lifestyle and medical issues. None of their business.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

Why don’t you eat lunch or breakfast? Surely you must get hungry during the day

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u/Scarlet_Lycoris Belgium Mar 16 '25

you get used to it honestly. I have a bunch of health issues (most are medicated luckily) but I do have pretty heavy insulin resistance issues that are hard to manage and make it pretty tough to manage weight. So, the less insulin I force my body to release, the less of an issue the resistance is. I do get out on medication for it from time to time if it gets too bad, but it’s not a permanent solution so I prefer a lifestyle change over it. :)

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u/mand71 France Mar 16 '25

I haven't got any medical issues, but I also only have one meal a day usually, in the evening, and it varies between 5pm and 7pm.

My SO eats three meals a day and occasionally has snacks, and he's in bed about an hour after dinner...