This is a YouTube video titled "Why you wake up in the middle of the night." It contains a monologue or talk explaining the physiological reasons behind waking up early, focusing on blood sugar crashes and hormonal responses like cortisol and adrenaline. The speaker shares personal experience with continuous glucose monitoring and offers advice on managing nighttime awakenings with snacks.
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. And what you do to find out if that's causing your problem. You get one of the CGMS levels is the company that I've worked with. I'm an investor in levels. You get a little device, you stick it on the back of your arm. I've worn one for almost two years. And it tells you in the middle of the night, did your blood sugar crash? Most people who wake up from 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 and 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.
