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Do you always crave for some late night snacks right before sleep? Do you feel guilty after having a late night snack?
睡前總是想吃點宵夜嗎？吃了宵夜後，又總是讓你罪惡感十足？
crave(v.)渴望guilty(adj.)自責的、愧疚的
Many believe that having late night snacks is bad for your health and may lead to weight gain.
許多人認為吃宵夜不健康，甚至會讓人變胖。
lead to=cause導致weight(n.)體重gain(n.)增加
However, the Weekend Weekly listed 4 health benefits to having a late night snack, which may give you some new ideas.
但香港《新假期周刊》列出4個吃宵夜的優點，讓你對宵夜有不同看法。
benefit(n.)好處
According to the Weekend Weekly, having some food before sleep can help stabilize your blood sugar and improve your sleep quality.
根據《新假期周刊》，睡前吃點東西可以穩定血糖，增進睡眠品質。
stabilize(v.)穩定improve(v.)改善quality(n.)品質
If you are trying to lose weight, having late night snacks can actually help. The first thing that our bodies burn for energy when we’re hungry is protein (which our muscles are made of.)
如果你正嘗試減肥，也許吃宵夜會有幫助，因為人體飢餓時首先會燃燒蛋白質作為能量，而肌肉便是由蛋白質組成。
lose weight減重protein(n.)蛋白質muscle(n.)肌肉be made of組成
That is to say, if you starve yourself, you’ll actually end up burning the protein in your body instead of the fat.
也就是說，如果你讓自己挨餓，消耗掉的不會是脂肪而是蛋白質。
starve(v.)挨餓end up最後以⋯⋯情形收尾protein(n.)蛋白質instead of取而代之的是⋯⋯
Having late night snacks can also boost your metabolism. What’s even better, it may help you work more efficiently the next day since you won’t be “hangry” (bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger) when you get up.
吃宵夜也可以促進新陳代謝。更棒的是，吃宵夜也許可以幫助你隔天工作更有效率，因為你不會一早起就餓到生氣。
boost(v.)促進metabolism(n.)新陳代謝efficiently(adv.)有效率地hangry(adj.)因飢餓而生氣的bad-tempered(adj.)易怒的irritable(adj.)暴躁的as a result of因為⋯⋯hunger(n.)飢餓
Before rushing to the supermarket and buying tons of instant noodles, however, there are some late night snacking rules that you need to be aware.
在衝到超市買一堆泡麵之前，你該注意一些吃宵夜的守則。
aware(adj.)有⋯⋯知識的
For example, choose healthy food. So put away the instant noodles and get out some sweet potato with Greek yogurt or hard-boiled eggs and apples.
比如，我們要選擇健康的食物，所以放下泡麵吧，拿些地瓜跟希臘優格，或是水煮蛋和蘋果。
Also, avoid overeating so as not to put on weight. Keep these tips in mind, and you won’t feel so bad the next time you choose to have a late night snack.
而且，應避免暴飲暴食。記住這些要點，下次吃宵夜時就不會心懷罪惡感啦。
avoid(v.)避免overeat(v.)暴飲暴食so as not to...為了不⋯⋯weight(n.)體重keep sth in mind記得某事