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Digestion, late meals, alcohol and light all influence how fragmented your sleep is. Because gut-derived serotonin is a building block for melatonin, looking after digestion is one piece of sleeping better — alongside steady sleep timing.
More than 90% of the body's serotonin is produced in the gut, which is part of why digestion, mood and sleep are so tightly linked.
Evidence on diet and the microbiome is genuinely promising but still developing; results vary between people, and lifestyle steps work alongside — not instead of — medical care.
References
Mayer EA. Gut feelings: the emerging biology of gut—brain communication. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2011;12(8):453—466.
Cryan JF, et al. The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis. Physiological Reviews. 2019;99(4):1877—2013.
Yano JM, et al. Indigenous bacteria from the gut microbiota regulate host serotonin biosynthesis. Cell. 2015;161(2):264—276.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I keep waking up at 3am every night?
Waking around 3am is common: sleep is lighter then, cortisol begins to rise, and blood sugar can dip, so stress, late alcohol and an over-active mind easily tip you awake. Gut discomfort and a full or acidic stomach can also surface at that hour.
How do I stop waking up at 3am?
Keep a fixed wake time, get daylight in the morning, avoid alcohol and heavy late meals, and if you wake, stay calm and avoid screens or clock-watching. Slow breathing helps you drift back rather than fully waking.
What does waking at 3am mean?
Usually it reflects a normal lightening of sleep that you'd sleep through if something - stress, blood-sugar dips, reflux or a racing mind - weren't nudging you awake. It's a signal to look at evening habits, not a fixed body-clock fault.
How do I find what's waking me?
The free 2-minute self-check above looks at the gut, stress and habit factors behind night waking and gives a personalized plan.
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