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Hi, Hazel, just a question about night shifts. I wondered if you had any advice on the best

foods to eat or what to eat generally when you're working a night shift. Thanks so much.

This is such a good question and something that I'm asked all the time. Okay, so when to eat and what to

eat on a night shift. So during the biological night, our body

digests and metabolizes food much less efficiently than during the day, pushing up glucose,

insulin and cholesterol levels. And so this can lead to poor health down the line if it's something

that we're doing a lot of the

time. So that's why it's important that we do think about what we're eating on night shifts.

Now practically speaking, we also need the right field to keep us alert and also perform at our

best. So there's a couple of things that we need to consider. But what I typically

advise is have your main meals before and after your shifts. For example, your first meal before your

shift or early in the night. And then when you get home, the following morning, have another main meal.

Ideally, you want these meals to be as nutrient

dense as possible, lots of colourful fruits and vegetables, slow releasing complex carbohydrates,

lean protein and healthy fats and also making sure you're getting enough calories in in those

meals if you're not eating throughout the night. Either avoid eating between

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