Haku has tested how eating times affect sleep quality for years.
By the time he goes to bed, primary digestion is done, and his resting heart rate is around 46-49 bpm.
If he eats closer to his bedtime, his resting heart rate will be between 55-58 bpm. Because he would still be digesting!
It will lower his sleep quality by 30%!
Haku suggests to have your last meal of the day at least 2 hours before bed. And avoiding large meals close to bedtime.
At what time do you go to bed?
At what time is your last meal?
You can experiment extending to eating your final meal of the day 4 and 6 hours before bed and assess whether it improves your sleep quality.
Eating close to bed creates large metabolic demands on your body, causes blood glucose fluctuations, reduces melatonin production, and disrupts your body’s natural process of lowering core body temperature.
Like Haku, you may find that certain foods such as pasta and breads reduce the quality of sleep. He was very surprised to see how much food positively and negatively affected his sleep.
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