Bryan Johnson· Author
if I eat certain foods like heavy carbohydrates I never do but what I have in the past like any breads or pastas that will result in decreased performance if I eat too closely at bedtime that will as well
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
if I eat certain foods like heavy carbohydrates I never do but what I have in the past like any breads or pastas that will result in decreased performance if I eat too closely at bedtime that will as well
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But eating a big meal before you go to sleep is definitely going to interfere with your sleep architecture.
the other thing I've noticed is a very high carbohydrate meal and I especially a crap carbohydrate meal so you know like high-quality carbohydrates don't seem to do this but I mean and it's funny I'm admitting all the horrible things I do but it's good I think people need to know just how much of a failure I am it's just you and me have at least once every few months like I just cave in and I just an hour before bed I just binge eat something stupid is beyond like a bowl of cereal that like I just can't resist or something it basically produces the exact same architecture as that drink as those two drinks
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