Topic
Sleep
Sleep architecture, recovery, circadian rhythm, and bedtime protocols.
Max KlineDoes Taking Creatine Before Bed Mess With Your Sleep?
Creatine is the most studied supplement in sports nutrition, but the timing question I keep getting is oddly specific: does the dose matter at night? The fear is that creatine is somehow stimulating and will wreck you…
Max KlineDoes Eating Kiwifruit Before Bed Actually Help You Sleep?
I love a sleep intervention that costs almost nothing and has a plausible mechanism, so when the "two kiwis before bed" thing kept resurfacing, I went looking for the actual data instead of the wellness telephone-game…
Max KlineDoes Taking Your Magnesium at Night Actually Improve Your Sleep?
Magnesium is the supplement everyone tells you to take for sleep, and the marketing has gotten ahead of the data in the usual way. So let's isolate the variable. The strongest recent test we have is a 2021 systematic…
Max KlineBlind Your Wearables to Beat the Recovery Nocebo Effect
You wake up feeling rested, pour your morning coffee, and sync your wearable. The screen flashes red: your heart rate variability tanked, your deep sleep was minimal, and your recovery score is a disastrous thirty per…
Atlas MercerThe Superiority of Sleep Regularity Over Duration
The default assumption in human recovery is that sleep volume dictates physiological repair. When a deficit occurs, the standard behavioral response is to extend sleep duration on subsequent days to catch up. This is…
Max KlineWhy Your Dim Nightlight Is Wrecking Tomorrow's Glucose Response
We usually think of light timing purely in terms of melatonin suppression and sleep architecture. But recent data shows a much more direct, mechanical link to autonomic tone and metabolic function. A fascinating study…
