{"id":4655,"date":"2023-06-09T06:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T23:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/why-this-sleep-expert-recommends-a-protein-rich-bedtime-snack\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T06:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T23:16:44","slug":"why-this-sleep-expert-recommends-a-protein-rich-bedtime-snack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=4655","title":{"rendered":"Why This Sleep Expert Recommends A Protein-Rich Bedtime Snack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_99,w_1605,h_902\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/5b91re7kclbmb36fe.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As Teitelbaum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-to-sleep-through-the-night-without-waking-up\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-to-sleep-through-the-night-without-waking-up\" rel=\"noopener\">previously explained to mbg<\/a>, a common reason people can wake up in the middle of the night is actually a surge of adrenaline triggered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-to-lower-blood-sugar\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-to-lower-blood-sugar\" rel=\"noopener\">low blood sugar<\/a>. When our blood sugar is low, it can cause an increase in the stress hormone cortisol, which obviously doesn&#8217;t set you up for an uninterrupted night&#8217;s sleep.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that everyday stressors can cause a drop in blood sugar, too, making you both hungry and irritable (and this is especially common around bedtime, further inhibiting dozing off).<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Teitelbaum does have some advice should stress strike before bed\u2014and in the form of a midnight snack, no less.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Teitelbaum previously explained to mbg, a common reason people can wake up in the middle of the night is actually a surge of adrenaline triggered by low blood sugar. When our blood sugar is low, it can cause an increase in the stress hormone cortisol, which obviously doesn&#8217;t set you up for an uninterrupted &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102,49,48],"class_list":["post-4655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-energy","tag-mbgsupplements","tag-sleep"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}