Eli5: Does eating late at night actually cause insomnia, or is it just a myth?

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I heard many people say that eating late at night causes insomnia because the digestive system is slowed down to prepare for sleeping. The food will just be sitting in your stomach which will cause a person to toss and turn and not get any sleep at all. My dinner always consists of heavy meals. I tend to eat dinner at 7:40 pm and finish around 8:12 pm. My bed time is at 9:40 pm. So, is this true or is it a myth? Should I eat dinner earlier, or is my schedule fine and I don’t need to change it?

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It will feed energy to your body so potentially giving you a little boost.
However, you also feel a little sleepy after big meals.
I think you’d only need to think carefully about it if it was a high sugar meal that would cause a spike and a crash.

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