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Energy and shifts

9 posts on energy and shifts, all written by Laura, a UK registered nurse, and sourced at the bottom of each page.

6 October 2026Why you crash after lunch, and four plate changes that helpA smaller, better built lunch and a short walk can soften the afternoon dip. Nothing on a plate cancels your body clock or a short night.3 October 2026What to eat on a night shift, hour by hourOne longer break, a few snatched ones, no fridge and no microwave. Here is where the food goes.1 October 2026Coming off nights: a three day plan for your gut and sleepThe run is over. Your body clock, your appetite and your bowels have not had the memo yet.1 October 2026Night shifts and IBS: what the research foundThe study behind the headlines, read by a nurse who did thirteen hour nights with a gut that hated them.1 October 2026The vending machine on a night shift: how to chooseNo brands, no lectures. How to read what is behind the glass when it is the only food open.1 October 2026Do I need a glucose monitor if I don't have diabetes?A nurse with nothing to sell on the sensors everyone seems to be wearing.1 October 2026The order you eat things in: worth it, or a social media myth?Vegetables first, carbs last. The videos make it sound settled. The research is small, short and mostly in people with diabetes.1 October 2026Breakfasts that don't leave you starving by elevenIf you are hunting for biscuits by mid morning, the problem was decided at the breakfast table.1 October 2026Breakfast after nights, when your body thinks it is midnightYou are starving and shattered at the same time. Here is what to put in front of you before the curtains go.