There are a few reasons it’s important to eat your carbs at night. The first is that your body uses starch and sugar to make serotonin, a neurotransmitter that relaxes you and helps you sleep. If carbs are going to make you relaxed and cause your energy level to drop, you might as well time this for when you want to go to sleep instead of when you need to perform and focus. It’s also helpful to be asleep by the time your Labrador brain feels that energy crash and begins demanding more sugar. Finally, the extra blood sugar you get from eating carbs at night will help your brain do the work it
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