Every diet coach will come for me on this. I’m sharing the science anyway. What they’re telling you: “Cut carbs at night! Only eat carbs in the morning. Low carb = fat loss!” What they’re missing: High-performing women over 40 don’t have a carb problem. They have a cortisol problem. And cutting carbs at dinner is making it worse. 🧬 The Cortisol-Carb Connection: Cortisol should drop in the evening. But if you’re burning the candle at both ends, it stays elevated. Complex carbs and fibre at dinner raise serotonin, signalling your nervous system it’s safe to wind down. Restrict them and cortisol stays high when it should be falling. ⚡ The Sleep-Hormone Disaster: High evening cortisol disrupts sleep. Poor sleep increases ghrelin (hunger hormone) by up to 28% and decreases leptin (satiety hormone) by 18%. You wake up STARVING and exhausted. (University of Chicago, PMC2084401) 🩸 The Morning Glucose Spike: Sleep disruption causes a 23% increase in morning glucose due to elevated cort...