This is a YouTube video titled "Why you wake up in the middle of the night." It features Alicia Mackey Huber explaining the physiological reasons behind waking up early due to blood sugar crashes and hormonal responses, and offers advice on managing this issue with a small snack before bed. The content is educational and health-focused, created in March 2025.
Most people who wake up between it's usually 3 to 5am and just can't go back to sleep. That is a crash in your blood sugar. Most people who wake up feeling that way, oh, look, my blood Sugar dropped to 70 and the body said, oh, I needed some glucose to power my brain to do its cleaning process at night. I'm out of glucose. Here's an answer. How about cortisol and adrenaline? Because those release sugar real quickly. Problem is cortisol, adrenaline wake you up. So the brain's like, yeah, thanks. I got what I needed and you're going, I didn't get my sleep. This is not cool. So if you're one of those people, you have a small snack before bed. Either raw honey or collagen or MCT oil, or just mix all three together.
