Eating something late at night is better for sleep than abstaining from food to increase growth hormone output and slow-wave sleep.

“eating a small amount of food, ought not to disrupt your slow-wave sleep too much, but you do want to avoid eating large meals right before going to sleep”

“If you can avoid food for the three or four hours prior to sleep and still fall and stay asleep easily, that's even better for sake of increasing slow-wave sleep and growth hormone output.”

“it's better to make sure that you're getting to sleep than it is to avoid food just so that you get increased growth hormone output and into slow-wave sleep.”

“In addition, it's well known that avoiding food intake in the two hours prior to sleep is going to greatly assist in the amount of growth hormone output that you achieve during the early stages of the night and the depth and duration of slow-wave sleep. Now, I want to place an asterisk on that statement by saying if you go to sleep too hungry, it can also disrupt your sleep.”

“most people would do well to avoid food within the two hours prior to bedtime but of course you don't want to be so hungry that you can't fall asleep”

“it is true that sleep is vast improved when you haven't eaten in the previous couple of hours”