Peanut Butter before bed after 50? A Pharmacist Explains.

📅 Book a free 30-minute call with me: https://calendly.com/regelpharmalab/s... We'll go through your wake-up times, energy, and what you've tried, and you'll leave knowing your next step. 🧪 At-Home 4-Point Salivary Cortisol Test ($240, includes a results consult with me): https://www.regelpharmalab.com/produc... Waking up at 2 or 3 AM with your mind racing? A pharmacist explains what peanut butter at bedtime can and can't do after 50, and the real reasons behind those middle-of-the-night wake-ups. You fall asleep fine. Then you snap awake at 2:47 AM, wired, and lie there until the alarm. Most people treat this as a sleep problem. Often it's a timing problem. In this video, I break down what happens in your body hour by hour overnight and why three things are usually behind a 3 AM wake-up: ✅ Cortisol that doesn't drop low enough at night. After 50, your nighttime cortisol low point tends to rise. ✅ Blood sugar dips in the early morning hours. Your body releases adrenaline and cortisol to rescue your blood sugar before you ever feel hungry, and that wakes you up wired. ✅ Low melatonin, and the gut connection almost nobody talks about. Your gut affects how much tryptophan reaches your brain to make melatonin. You'll also learn: 🥜 How 1–2 tablespoons of peanut butter around 9 PM can cushion overnight blood sugar 🥜 Where the internet oversells peanut butter (7g of protein is not 40g) 🥜 The cortisol pattern I see most often on test results 🥜 Why a bigger melatonin dose often misses the real problem 🥜 When to rule out sleep apnea Try this tonight: Have 1–2 tablespoons of peanut butter around 9 PM for one week. If you sleep through, you've found your trigger. If not, blood sugar isn't the whole story.