The harder you try to eat clean at night, the worse you sleep after 40. Here’s the trap. You cut the carbs at dinner. You kept it light. You did everything you were told would help. And you’re still wide awake at 3am. I’m a nutritionist who has specialized in women’s health & hormones for over 20 years, and this is one of the most common patterns I see: the women working hardest to eat clean at night are often the ones sleeping the worst. Here’s what nobody told you. Chronically cutting carbs keeps your stress system switched on. 😳 Low carbohydrate intake activates your HPA axis, the system that runs cortisol. And high cortisol at night is the enemy of deep sleep. If cortisol is high then melatonin, your sleep hormone is low. So the “disciplined” low-carb dinner that felt healthy is quietly keeping you wired when you should be winding down and working against your fat loss goals. The fix is not more restriction. It’s the right carb at dinner. Not a sugary, high-glycemic carb t...