It's valid.
If your liver can't hold much glycogen, providing sugar into the evening and through the night, then adding some gentle energy will help.
Liver health should also be examined. Taurine can help. Increasing glycine. Perhaps NAC or glutathione is needed. Worth getting labs to evaluate why unable to sleep deeply through the night.
My liver function is pretty good, so I find a small snack around 7PM, maybe a small glass of milk with honey, is plenty.
I haven’t really had issues with sleeping through, but i have been experimenting with some milk and honey before sleep and have been enjoying it. Just wanted to make sure i wasn’t doing something counterproductive.
The goal should be to heal /optimize liver function to the point that you can eat when the sun is up, and fast when it's down.
This'll ensure healthy leptin sensitivity which will contribute to overall metabolism, creating a net gain that is preferable to snacking directly before sleep.
That being said, if you are waking up with low blood sugar in the night, fix that first, including temporarily eating some easily digestible carbs at night, before ultimately improving liver, gut, thyroid and thiamine status.
