Eating Before Bed

If you are concerned that you gain weight as you eat before you go to sleep then it is a myth. It's always important what you eat, no matter if you eat it in the morning or evening.
The other thing you should think of here. Generally the sleep is a reserved time for our organism to rest, recover, "recharge the batteries".
If you eat just before sleep you interrupt this process as your body has still some work to do - digest the food. Therefore the quality of your sleep is worse and may have an impact (e.g. greater appetite, the feeling of weariness after you wake up).
But a healthy and light snack like fruits shouldn't cause it.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics wrote a great article about this but I cannot find it now. But you can check their opinion under this link:
www.sharecare.com/health/eating-habits-nutrition/is-eating-before-bed-bad

You can also develop acid reflux. The digestive system doesn't work right horizontally and acid can back up the esophagus. Eat a bit earlier to allow gravity time to help digestion.

Your movement helps the stomach/intestines do their work of moving food through the digestive tract. When you sleep, you aren't moving, and the food doesn't move through as smoothly. That's why heartburn is a risk. Doing this is likely to cause you harm long term.

I hope this helps somewhat: First-off I think with the advent of the internet we can all find all the scientific research results we want to support any position we'd like to take. This answer is from personal experience: I am a deck & fencing contractor - which means I'm a carpenter, mostly - living & working in the greater Toronto area. My main working season is summer. Summer's around here can get really, really humid. I'm talking 32 degrees Celsius feeling like 42 with the humidity index. { That's approximately 64 F feeling like 114 Fahrenheit for my American friends} To begin with Carpentry alone is VERY physical work that burns thousands upon thousands of calories per work day. I am at a calorie deficit every single day that I return from work. Despite my daily caloric deficit I have managed to gain weight every year for the last ten years of my life. I've come to the conclusion that the only reasonable explanation for this is that I ate practically all of my calories in the evening / late evening anywhere within 1 to 4 hours before going to sleep. I do know I should eat little meals throughout the day, but basically I can't eat when it's that hot out. I also "forget" to stop working to eat; and... I hate feeling full when I'm performing these intensely physical tasks. So I basically don't eat all day & graze all evening. Therefore I believe it's a serious mistake to eat too much - of anything - too close to bedtime. Again - this is just my personal experience - it's not science.

Despite my daily caloric deficit I have managed to gain weight every year for the last ten years of my life. I've come to the conclusion that the only reasonable explanation for this is that I ate practically all of my calories in the evening / late evening anywhere within 1 to 4 hours before going to sleep.

Have you tracked your daily/weekly calories?

When controlled studies have been done to keep amount and type of calories consistent and only change the time of day they're consumed, it has been shown that eating later in the day makes no difference. It's what you eat, not when you eat, that matters. The notion that late-night calories are more readily converted to fat is bogus.

Having said that, there are a few caveats to watch out for:

- As already mentioned, eating right before bed can disrupt quality of sleep.
- People who tend to eat more at night are statistically more likely to make poor food choices (eg, choosing convenient junk over preparing a balanced meal).
- People who snack at night tend to eat more calories overall (since they're most likely not skipping meals earlier in the day, the late night calories are more likely to be excess).

But if you keep those points in mind and stick to your overall plan for calories/macros, and still feel that having some of your calories in the evening works for you, go for it.

I stuff myself silly before I go to bed. Is this unhealthy? Scientific articles to support your answer would be nice

I think the problem is stuffing yourself silly - at any time of day. that means you dont have control over your eating and you are not eating enough during the day to keep from starving.

eat when you are hungry, and stop when full. to do that, you have to eat slower so that you dont stuff yourself before your body is able to tell it its full (like 20 minutes after eating if my memory is right)