I’m looking for much finer gears on this. Some examples would be:
what does “not good for your microbiome” mean? What, specifically, is it hurting? is it encouraging bad bacteria? putting potentially-good bacteria in a bad state?
What are the consequences of whatever it is doing to your microbiome? discomfort? worse nutrient absorption?
how noticeable are those consequences?
why four hours? what’s the curve on eating closer to bed?
People need this information in order to weigh the costs and benefits.
It’s true I didn’t include any math on why sleep is good in my post. But the benefits of sleep are extremely well established, and huge, and people are typically competent to assess their own sleep quality (although there are traps from things that are locally helpful and long term harmful). The benefits of a good gut biome are… probably numerous, but vague, and hard to measure.
It’s cruxy for me that I only suggest this for people who are actively experiencing the problem, at the moment they experience it. If I was saying “eat before bed for nebulous sleep improvements”, the math comparing costs and benefits would be much harder.
I’ve read that in multiple sources, e.g. the book “The Gut Health Protocol”. The general recommendation is to not eat 4 hours before going to sleep.
I’m looking for much finer gears on this. Some examples would be:
what does “not good for your microbiome” mean? What, specifically, is it hurting? is it encouraging bad bacteria? putting potentially-good bacteria in a bad state?
What are the consequences of whatever it is doing to your microbiome? discomfort? worse nutrient absorption?
how noticeable are those consequences?
why four hours? what’s the curve on eating closer to bed?
People need this information in order to weigh the costs and benefits.
It’s true I didn’t include any math on why sleep is good in my post. But the benefits of sleep are extremely well established, and huge, and people are typically competent to assess their own sleep quality (although there are traps from things that are locally helpful and long term harmful). The benefits of a good gut biome are… probably numerous, but vague, and hard to measure.
It’s cruxy for me that I only suggest this for people who are actively experiencing the problem, at the moment they experience it. If I was saying “eat before bed for nebulous sleep improvements”, the math comparing costs and benefits would be much harder.