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When you stop eating may matter more than what you eat for better sleep

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 13, 2026
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A three-hour buffer between your last meal and bedtime improved circadian rhythms, blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar, according to neurologist Phyllis Zee. She ran a clinical trial at Northwestern showing that “Perhaps more than what you eat, when you eat relative to sleep may be as important,” Zee said, according to…

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