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Exactly. Eating an early dinner is a huge advantage for a healthy sleep.

As for me, I can't fall asleep if I eat too early dinner. Food makes me sleepy so I have dinner quite late to avoid rolling over my bed for hours.

Same; if I get hungry before bed, I simply cannot sleep. I'm not sure about the specificity of Gouda, but I've always found cheese to be an excellent before-bed snack.

When I was younger I'd eat ice cream before bed. People were always dismayed, certain that it would give me nightmares. But that never happened. I just started gaining weight and no longer keep ice cream in the house.

Yeah ice cream is pretty bad because it's mostly sugar. A good ice-cream replacement FYI is: always put fruits in the freezer, then when frozen mix them with a bit of yogurt and it feels like an ice-cream (but with real fruit, no added sugars).

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