Waking at 3am? Crashing at 3pm? Raiding the kitchen at 9pm? It’s all the same cause. And it’s aging your skin too. 😬 I’m 50, and after 20+ years as a nutritionist specializing in women’s hormones and metabolic health, this is one of the most common patterns I see. It’s your blood sugar. 3am. When your blood sugar drops overnight, your body can release cortisol and adrenaline to bring it back up. That’s the jolt that has you wide awake, staring at the ceiling. 3pm. A spike at lunch is followed by a dip. The dip is where your energy goes, your focus goes and your patience goes with it. 9pm. In 1,070 people wearing glucose monitors, bigger dips 2 to 3 hours after a meal predicted more hunger, an earlier next meal and more food eaten over the next 24 hours (Wyatt, Nature Metabolism 2021). Your cravings are on a timer, and your last meal set it. Every one of those crashes asks cortisol to rescue you. Stack enough of those days and your stress hormones never get a break. Now the part...