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† While we surmise that there may be beneficial hormonal
effects to keeping the feeding window later in the day rather
than eating first thing in the morning (to allow cortisol to do
its job of liberating stored fatty acids for use as fuel), you
also want to ensure that you leave enough time to digest
(two to three hours) before going to sleep. Eating
immediately before bedtime can disrupt sleep as well as the
brain’s maintenance processes.