It doesn’t matter what time you eat. You don’t need a hearty breakfast, and failing to scarf down a protein shake after lifting won’t see your muscles or gonads shrink. Eating small meals every 2-3 hours is nonsense. And go ahead and have that piece of cheese before bed — as long as you don’t have GERD and brush your teeth before you hit the sack. Or so argues LifeHacker, with links to the scientific research underpinning its argument thatit doesn’t matter when you eat.