{"product_id":"why-youre-still-awake-at-3-am-the-metabolic-causes-of-broken-sleep-and-the-six-lever-protocol-that-fixes-them-9798196718922","title":"Why You're Still Awake at 3 AM: The Metabolic Causes of Broken Sleep, and the Six-Lever Protocol That Fixes Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Owen Thale\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Emotions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou went to bed at a reasonable hour. The room was dark. Your mind wasn't even racing. And now it's 2:47 AM, your heart is slightly elevated, and you're wide awake for the next two hours. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou don't have a sleep problem. You have a metabolic problem that shows up at night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat distinction is the whole book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost sleep books fall into two camps. The first explains the science of sleep beautifully and leaves you with no idea what to actually do at 9 PM tonight. The second hands you twenty-one tips that aren't matched to the reason your sleep broke in the first place. This book operates on the layer underneath: the metabolic system that runs your sleep architecture, and the six specific levers you can pull to repair it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside, you'll learn: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Why you wake at 2 to 4 AM specifically: a cortisol pulse triggered by a blood sugar dip, and the eating-window change that resolves it within roughly ten days for most readers\u003cbr\u003e- How sleep architecture changes decade by decade, and which levers matter most for your age\u003cbr\u003e- The cortisol curve that produces \"tired but wired\" sleep, and the three interventions that reset it\u003cbr\u003e- Why eating dinner at 9 PM produces measurably worse sleep than the same meal at 6 PM\u003cbr\u003e- The four supplements with real research behind them, and the doses that actually work\u003cbr\u003e- How perimenopause and the male testosterone-sleep loop change the protocol\u003cbr\u003e- Why sleeping well in 2026 is structurally harder than it was in 1976, and what to do about it \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book closes with a sequenced four-week protocol adapted to your decade, plus three appendices: quick-reference protocol cards by age, a decision flowchart for which lever to start with, and a symptom-to-mechanism troubleshooting guide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you've already tried what the internet told you to try and you're still waking at 2:47 AM, this is the book for the layer your other sleep books missed.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892670611607,"sku":"9798196718922","price":1418.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196718922.webp?v=1781188114","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-youre-still-awake-at-3-am-the-metabolic-causes-of-broken-sleep-and-the-six-lever-protocol-that-fixes-them-9798196718922","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}