{"id":6156,"date":"2025-03-18T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:16:42","slug":"honey-before-bed-beneficial-for-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/honey-before-bed-beneficial-for-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey before bed \u2013 beneficial for athletes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, this tip is actually scientifically sound<\/strong> \u2013 especially for active people:<\/p>\n

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    Stabilisation of blood sugar levels overnight:<\/strong>
    \nHoney contains a mixture of glucose and fructose. This combination ensures that blood sugar levels do not drop too quickly, which can reduce night-time cortisol spikes (stress hormones). This promotes restful sleep, which in turn is essential for muscle regeneration.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Replenishing glycogen stores:<\/strong>
    \nAfter training, the liver and muscle glycogen stores are often depleted. A spoonful of honey can help meet the liver’s night-time glycogen requirements \u2013 particularly important as the brain relies on glucose at night.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Promotion of night-time muscle repair:<\/strong>
    \nThe energy supplied by honey means that the body is not forced to metabolise muscle protein for energy<\/strong> \u2013 which can happen during very long fasting periods (e.g. 8\u201310 hours of sleep).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Supports growth hormone release:<\/strong>
    \nStable blood sugar levels and sufficient energy supply promote the natural release of growth hormones<\/strong>, which peak during deep sleep \u2013 crucial for muscle building.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,93],"tags":[182],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-en","category-nutrition-tips","tag-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10385,"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions\/10385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touch-bay.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}