Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Simple Sleep Hack_ Try Honey Before Bed! | The Real Reason You’re Not Sleeping

6 Jul 2025 · 0 min

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Short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video where an unidentified speaker recommends taking a small amount of honey before bed as a simple sleep hack, listing additional purported benefits (complete protein, pre- and probiotic, natural allergy medicine). Aaron Hartman, MD, notes he used to add honey to tea but reduced sugar intake.

Tell them to take a little bit of honey before they go to bed and see what happens. Try it for a week and if it doesn't get better, no biggie. No harm, no foul. It's good for you. The other thing is that honey is a complete protein. It's also pre and probiotic and it's natural allergy medicine. So maybe you're addressing some histamine related things. So I love that as kind of an old school remedy. Maybe you stirred in your chamomile tea. I don't know.
Yeah, I used to put in my tea at night, but then I cut back on my sugars because my other issues.