25 Healthy Snacks For Late Night Munching
25 Healthy Snacks For Late Night Munching It’s 3 a.m., you have an early full-time job, and you can’t sleep. What do you do? We did a deep dive on some late-night snack ideas courtesy of a nutritionist, then ran it by our coworkers to see if they thought it was tasty or too gross. Here are 25 healthy midnight snacks that we feel are the best out there — and can be enjoyed in the middle of the night. Though most nutritionists agree that there is no such thing as sleep-friendly food, eating within a couple of hours of bedtime can be a recipe for heartburn and indigestion. That’s why it’s best to have a light snack before bed. We asked nutritionists to name the best snacks to eat before bedtime, and here are their top picks for healthy midnight snacks : Popcorn — “It’s low in calories and high in fiber, so it helps keep blood sugar levels steady and is digested easily,” says registered dietitian Jessica Cording, M.S., R.D. Almonds — “They’re rich in magnesium, w