Posted on 06/01/2023 9:58:43 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
Researchers have investigated how junk food affects sleep. Healthy participants consumed an unhealthier as well as a healthier diet in a randomized order. After the unhealthier diet, the quality of participants' deep sleep had deteriorated, compared with those who had followed the healthier diet.
Each study session involved several days of monitoring in a sleep laboratory.
In random order, participants were given both a healthier diet and an unhealthier diet. Among other things, the unhealthier diet contained a higher content of sugar and saturated fat and more processed food items.
The meals of each diet had to be consumed at individually adjusted times, which were matched across the two dietary conditions. Each diet was consumed for a week, while participants' sleep, activity and meal schedules were monitored at an individual level.
"What we saw was that the participants slept for the same amount of time when they consumed the two diets. This was the case both while they were following the diets, as well as after they had switched. In addition, across the two diets, the participants spent the same amount of time in the different sleep stages. But we were particularly interested in investigating the properties of their deep sleep. Specifically, we looked at slow-wave activity, a measure that can reflect how restorative deep sleep is. Intriguingly, we saw that deep sleep exhibited less slow-wave activity when the participants had eaten junk food, compared with consumption of healthier food. This effect also lasted into a second night, once we had switched the participants to an identical diet. Essentially, the unhealthy diet resulted in shallower deep sleep. Of note, similar changes in sleep occur with aging and in conditions such as insomnia. It can be hypothesized that greater importance should potentially be attached to diet in such conditions," explains Cedernaes.
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Hell, the media impairs my deep sleep. Visions of loathing, hate, disdain, and desires to launch them into the sun keep interfering with good dreams.
Of course it does! This isn’t news.....
There's no excuse for people being overweight anymore.
Go on a low-carb diet and cut out junk food. Period.
This is going to shock some people, but junk food is bad for you. There, I said it. Don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger.
Its all about inflammation, and yes indeed, sugar and simple carbs in excess are a key cause
Your words will keep me up at night. Not sleeping good will cause me to gain weight. Which will trigger my heart attack. It will be your fault.
/sarc
Ice cream makes me sleepy.
Well, just imagine what eating crickets and grasshoppers will do for your sleep patterns. You will be jumping up and down all night long.
LOL!
In fact, my wife and I just had a week long vacation up in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and we did not turn the television on one time.
I'm being totally serious, you can totally remove the media from your life AND still stay informed with sites like this. It is not that hard to do.
Yep, haven’t watched US or frankly, any Anglosphere source of news for years.
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