Ask The Hosts – Episode 37

The first question then.

Digital Fox asks, "It's approaching bedtime, and you shouldn't eat a whole meal, but you're still hungry.

What food do you grab?"

Cocoa Pops.

What, straight out the box or what?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Uh, proper milk, kids cereal.

Yeah, I, I, inverted commas, sensible cereal in the morning.

But this time of night, no, no, it's, it's right, the, uh, the boxes of lovely stuff.

Well, I mean, we specified that I know I shouldn't be eating, which means that it's not just a ridiculous late-night candy binge.

I'm actually trying to be healthy, in which case, probably a banana.

That's usually my go-to, 'cause it's about the right amount of calories to settle me down without going overboard.

And also, who couldn't use a little bit more potassium? Toe cramps suck.

But then with the banana, do you not get a slow release of energy throughout the rest of the evening, therefore it just keeps you awake for longer? Or do you have it early enough that it doesn't matter?

I mean, my sleep cycle is not that easily affected in good ways or bad ways.

It is what it very disreputably is, and that's all there is to it.

[laughs]

Man, if I look at the coffee machine past 3:00 PM, that's me done.

I'm not sleeping for the rest of the week.

[laughs]

I either just don't eat, or I'll just go to bed hungry.

Or I'll just actually eat something but then stay up for another hour.

Because if I go to bed hungry or if I go to bed with food in my belly, either way, it's bad.

Well, this is why I have two types of peanut butter in the house.

I have smooth for spreading on toast when I want a proper snack, and crunchy for when I wanna eat it out of the pot with a spoon, which is-