{"id":34632,"date":"2021-09-25T01:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/when-you-eat-ice-cream-before-bed-this-is-what-happens\/"},"modified":"2021-09-25T02:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:30:05","slug":"when-you-eat-ice-cream-before-bed-this-is-what-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/when-you-eat-ice-cream-before-bed-this-is-what-happens\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Eat Ice Cream Before Bed, This Is What Happens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/When-You-Eat-Ice-Cream-Before-Bed-This-Is-What.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although delicious, ice cream reduces our ability to fall asleep. As culinary nutritionist Jackie Topol explains to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatva.com\/blog\/ice-cream-before-bed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saatva<\/a>, the sugar in ice cream acts as a stimulant, making it difficult to relax. &#8220;Eating a bowl of ice cream before bed can negatively impact sleep because of its high sugar content,&#8221; Topol agrees.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In addition, because some people are sensitive to dairy, eating ice cream before bedtime can potentially lead to a stomach ache, resulting in restless sleep (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatthis.com\/side-effect-of-eating-ice-cream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eat This, Not That!<\/a>. However, ice cream is not the only thing that can keep you awake at night. You may have a problem with toppings if you like them. Because chocolate contains ingredients such as caffeine and theobromine, toppings with chocolate can pose a problem. These ingredients keep us awake and alert.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Saatva says that there are other ways to satisfy your sweet tooth, which won&#8217;t affect our sleep cycles. Try reaching for a frozen banana when you get the urge. You can make it into a smoothie by blending it. A tart cherry smoothie is another option. They are nutritious and contain melatonin which promotes sleep.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although delicious, ice cream reduces our ability to fall asleep. As culinary nutritionist Jackie Topol explains to Saatva, the sugar in ice cream acts as a stimulant, making it difficult to relax. &#8220;Eating a bowl of ice cream before bed can negatively impact sleep because of its high sugar content,&#8221; Topol agrees. In addition, because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":34633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,11,3267],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/When-You-Eat-Ice-Cream-Before-Bed-This-Is-What.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}