176. Night Eating Syndrome: Why You Wake Up Starving at 2 AM (And Can't Stop Eating)

Do you skip breakfast, eat carefully all day, and then find yourself wide awake at midnight raiding the kitchen? You might have Night Eating Syndrome (NES), a real, diagnosable condition that shifts your eating clock out of sync with your sleep clock. In this episode, Lisa Oldson, MD breaks down what NES actually is, how it's different from sleepwalking-related eating, how doctors diagnose it, and why it so often leads to weight gain over time. Through the story of a real patient, Andrea, who...