A doctor suggested eating right before bed to help you sleep through the night. But should you try it?
A recent TikTok is gaining traction for the possible solution it may offer people with a common sleep problem: waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall back asleep., Scott Beyer, DC , who's certified by the American Chiropractic Neurology Board, hypothesized that two adrenal hormones may be behind waking up in the night and being unable to fall back asleep: cortisol and adrenaline.
“I think that there’s a couple of reasons why sleep doctors would ordinarily suggest that it’s not a great idea to eat too close to bedtime,” Varga continued. First, eating close to bedtime may not allow food the proper time to digest. "If you eat X amount of carbohydrates ... in the middle of the day, you can expect Y degree of a blood sugar spike after that," he explained. "Whereas if you eat that same exact amount ... at 1 in the morning, something different happens. You actually get a much bigger spike in the glucose afterward because it's not in sync with the body's circadian rhythm."
Beyer told TODAY that he agrees with Varga and Motz's advice that most patients should not eat close to bedtime. But he still believes that some people who are stressed to the point that it affects their cortisol levels overnight may benefit from his tip. He emphasized his approach is not for everyone and only applicable in specific cases.
Beyer, who just joined TikTok in the past couple of weeks, added it’s impossible to fully communicate medical advice a minute and a half, and people should not be blindly following advice they see on the app — from him or anyone else.
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