needing to eat before bed to have better sleep - why?

[Rufous McKinney]

Any ideas?

Some people eat dinner so early: like 6-6:30....then I understand they wake up at 3 am hungry.

I tend to eat a late dinner, always have and will not go to sleep unless I'm full....like I may eat around 8.

My blood sugar is not stable, I'm trying to avoid Type 2, and I'm hungry alot. And feel like I"m eating all day and nite, but I was only getting 1300 calories when I checked. I'm also fairly thin, lost 45 pounds.

 

[bertiedog]

I eat my evening meal around 6 pm but I cannot eat large meals so always need a small top up around 10 pm and have been like this for years. (I am 9 stone and 5ft.4 so don't need to loose weight).

My usual snack is 1 Sorgum cracker with a little butter and cashew butter plus a couple of small cashews.

I notice that it stops me being too sleepy for a while so don't need to sleep until 11.15 or 11.30 and then I can sleep well till between 6-7 pm although I do have periods of insomnia especially in the Spring and Summer. If I don't have a small snack I cannot get too sleep and am likely to wake feeling weak and with a migraine.

My basic diet is relatively low carb, lots of good fats and protein but over past few months I have been adding some oats and small quantities of stewed apply to try and feed good bacteria.

Pam

 

[eric_gladiator]

I have a very similar problem. If I go with an empty stomach eating 3 or more hours before, it is more difficult for me to sleep or I wake up soon. On the other hand, if I eat abundant carbohydrates, the sleep is deep and long-lasting but of poor quality, that is to say, dreams and nightmares. something that happens to me a lot lately

 

[BrightCandle]

I definitely have this. For some reason butter is one of the better things to go to sleep on, I presume for the butyrate or perhaps just saturated fats being slow to digest. I get to sleep a lot easier with food but I also tend to wake up in the middle of the night more. Overall I get more sleep with the food than without and butter on bread has ended up being one of the best things I have found.