Let's imagine this scene. It's 10pm. Your family's in bed and you find yourself in the kitchen.

The freezer looks at you. It asks what better way to enjoy the moment than with the late night snack.

Ice cream perhaps. You feel inclined to agree. After all, you've earned it. A delicious date with

Ben and Jerry's. But it turns out that however tasty you may want to think twice before your

next nighttime expedition.

This is Zoe Science and Nutrition. I'm Jonathan Wolf. Today on the show, leading

nutritional scientists Sarah Berry explains what eating in the evening means for your health.

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When I asked Sarah why she'd be a good person to tell us about the impact of late night snacking,

surprisingly she didn't reference her 25 years of experience as a nutritional scientist

or the countless nutritional research papers she's published. The reason?

Because I love late night snacking, but I know I should not be doing it.

But seriously Jonathan, I've spent many of the time that I've worked in nutritional science,

conducting studies using snacks as a vehicle in which to study how different foods impact our health.

So in this episode, we're talking specifically about late night snacking.

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