Evening carbohydrate intake, particularly starches, may positively influence the tryptophan-serotonin pathway and potentially boost melatonin signaling, leading to better sleep.

“my sleep is substantially better um and I always uh attributed that to the relationship between some of the starches and the tryptophan serotonin pathway yeah there is some data on that with the carbohydrate intake in the evening and of course that that tryptophan and that carbohydrate intake um will contain the precursor ingredients to something else that we've spoken about which is melatonin and so that may actually help healthily boost that melatonin signal and there's a little bit of data on that to supported”