What to eat and what not to eat before bed?

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While experts say eating before bed doesn't play a major role in weight-gain, pre-slumber snack could disturb your sleep.

Joseph Murray, M.D., a gastroenterologist with Mayo Clinic, says it takes about three hours for a normal person's stomach to break down food and pass the partially digested results to the lower intestine. Climb into bed before your stomach has done its thing, and sleep can interrupt that process.

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