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A few other things to consider:
- Sleep requires energy so your body needs food to burn. Low sugar raises cortisol (stress) which can wake you up. So eating some carbs can help even if you wake up. Ultimately the metabolism should be good enough to burn fat, but if not carbs might get you more sleep. Also could consider foods that provide a “second meal” like beans.
- Sleep hormones are based on saturated fat so something like butter might help even when you wake up.
- You could do a sleep study to see if you are having any apnea events. People often wake up if they can’t breathe and it also raises cortisol.
- On calcium, if your diet is high in acid like oxalates you might benefit from more calcium to balance that out.
- Sleep requires energy so your body needs food to burn. Low sugar raises cortisol (stress) which can wake you up. So eating some carbs can help even if you wake up. Ultimately the metabolism should be good enough to burn fat, but if not carbs might get you more sleep. Also could consider foods that provide a “second meal” like beans.
- Sleep hormones are based on saturated fat so something like butter might help even when you wake up.
- You could do a sleep study to see if you are having any apnea events. People often wake up if they can’t breathe and it also raises cortisol.
- On calcium, if your diet is high in acid like oxalates you might benefit from more calcium to balance that out.