Hi
Have you ever heard about dried sugar causing a lot of fatigue etc the day after eating?
I hardly eat any sugar (if any at all really apart from proper fruit), however I do like nut and dried fruit bags as a snack.
However I find that the day after I eat a bag of these, I am very fatigued and crabby.
My diet consists of fruit, veg, wholewheat pastas, beans/legumes, nuts, weetabix, fish etc.
I don't even drink nowadays!
The dried fruit thing has been something I have questioned for a loooong time but no one has agreed with my view.
Is it anything anyone has encountered?
My thinking is that because I eat such a low sugar diet, my body is shocked when it is subjected to so much sugar in one sitting - hence a sort of comedown/hangover the next day.
I think you are probably correct.
If you eat hardly any sugar, the sugar in dried fruit could mess with your insulin levels, and stop you reaching a deep level of sleep.
Normal fruit is OK, because there is a lot of fibre in it, so it is absorbed more slowly and doesnt spike insulin levels, however, eating dried fruit is much like eating sweets.
p.s. well done for being so in tune with your body
I just googled this dried fruit - anxiety connection because I got a bit anxious after eating dried fruit almost instantly. I'm not sure if it was the eating that caused this yet.
But at least in your case I think the dried fruit might make you dehydrated during the night - at least if you eat them late - because the absorbing water and because the body trying to get rid of the excess sugar by urination. And dehydration is known to cause anxiety and therefore poor sleep.