One infamous biohacker trying to live forever has revealed a food habit that you're likely breaking right now, but if you do manage to stop it he claims that it will change your life.
It's hard enough for some people to manage the food that they're eating, let alone how and when they're eating it, yet it's surprising quite how much of an effect the way you eat food can have on your long-term health.
There have been countless studies created to research the ideal habits for food consumption, and even some of the most popular diets specifically manage when you can eat during the day.
Infamous biohacker Bryan Johnson, who is famously trying to 'live forever' and measures his own erections in order to achieve that, has offered up his own 'life-changing' advice on how you should eat, as he claims that he's found a habit you should 'never ever' break.
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Sharing the advice on his X account, Johnson claimed:
"Build this one life habit: final food 4 hr before sleep. Never ever break it. It will change your life, I promise."
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While people would probably be best staying away from most of Johnson's advice and habits, this one is generally backed by science, albeit with slightly different numbers.
As one comment points out in the replies, it's more commonly suggested that you break from eating around three hours before you sleep, and don't drink anything else around an hour before, but Johnson's four-hour suggestion isn't to radical of a difference.
Offering up the reasoning for this habit, the biohacker argued that it's because it "lowers resting heart rate, fall asleep after, boosts melatonin, aligns circadian rhythms, drops core body temp for deeper sleep, improved mood, better NTEs... making you a better human."
While this might seem a bit extreme, it's better to remember that the time you go to bed isn't often the time you manage to get to sleep, especially if you like reading in bed or going on your phone — although the latter is a habit you should probably break from too.
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Instead, if you go to sleep at midnight for example, you'll want to make sure that you don't eat after 8 p.m., which shouldn't be too difficult if you have dinner after work and limit yourself to an early after-dinner snack or nothing at all.
Where it becomes difficult for some people though is if they work late shifts, have a lengthy commute home from their job, or struggle to fit their life around activities in the evening, meaning that they're often having a later dinner and therefore 'breaking' this habit.
Another user in the replies notes that they find it "difficult to fall asleep with a feeling of hunger," asking others "how satiated are you after your final meal?"
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People have offered advice in response to that, suggesting that it's merely the habit they've developed of eating closer to bed time that makes them feel like this, as their body is prepared for food and therefore if you go without it you're likely to run into issues.
"After a few days your body will adapt to no food and it won't bother you," writes one person offering advice, adding that you could "drink a cup of warm water" or decaffeinated tea if you start to feel hungry instead.