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Is it healthy to eat something before going to sleep or should you stop eating a few hours before? for some reason i get hungry when i'm sleepy?
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The conventional medical advice is to eat at least 3 hours before going to sleep to allow food in the stomach to enter the small intestine. This obviates the release of insulin too early during sleep which would induce a state of wakefulness. Also reflux of food into your esophagus will be avoided. All this being said, I'm sure we all know people who have a bedtime snack and sleep well.
Answered 9/15/2022
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