Can a low-carb diet cause waking up in the middle of the night? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #15

<p>Question: "I keep waking up in the middle of the night and stay awake for hours. Would low carb make it worse?"</p> <p>It definitely could. </p> <p>Your brain will consume 120 grams of carbohydrate every day, just your brain. There's got to be another 30 grams or so that would be used no matter what obligately by red blood cells, certain cells in the testes, the kidney, and the lens of the eye. Then the rest of your body — if you're eating not a ketogenic diet, the rest of your body is not really trying to burn fat, so...