Crackers in Bed: When Exhaustion Eats Before Sleep Does
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You are bone-tired, but your hand still reaches for crackers, pretzels, cereal straight from the box. Not because you are hungry. Because your nervous system has not yet received the memo that the day is over.
When Tired Becomes Wired: The Cortisol-Sleep Paradox
Exhaustion eating happens in the gap between when your body should rest and when your brain finally allows it. You have been running on fumes all day-skipped lunch, pushed through fatigue, ignored every signal to slow down. By the time you collapse, your cortisol levels are still elevated, your blood sugar is erratic, and your brain interprets this as a low-grade emergency.
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