Eating steak before bed

[screen od]

Nutritionists don't recommend to eat carbs before bed, how about red meat? does it convert in to fat if you have some steak before heading to bed? or your body will digest it regularly and convert it to protein? thank you.
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[muskate]

This whole 'don't eat food XYZ' before bed thing is total bro-science. Carbs are energy so yes, it makes sense not to eat a huge amount of carbs before bed because you aren't going to be active for the next couple of hours when you are sleeping but including some carbs in your pre-bed meal will not suddenly turn into body fat.

Before bed you want to eat a slowly digesting protein source that will trickle amino acids into your blood stream over the next 8 hours. Lean steak is actually a GREAT food to eat before bed because it is very slowly digested. A good before bed meal would be something like lean steak + grilled asparagus. Another good before bed protein source is casein. Casein protein coagulates and creates a gel in the stomach. It is very slow digesting as a result. The coagulating nature of casein is what allows milk to be made into cheese.