guest blog by: Michael J. Ormsbee, Lillie Renteria, and Casey Greenwalt. Most people believe eating before sleep makes you accumulate fat because you are resting for multiple hours after you eat. However, research suggests this to be untrue with pre-sleep protein consumption. Why protein presleep? Protein consumption is important to facilitate protein synthesis, promote lean muscle growth, improve strength, recover from exercise, as well as maintain and improve metabolic and