What Food You Eat Impacts How You Sleep

Today's blog post is based on a blog post by Dr. Michael Breus.

Hopefully, you survived the time change yesterday.

The blog post was mainly a series of bullet points:

• There appears to be no one specific diet that is best for sleep
  • However, a variety of whole foods and a low-glycemic diet are a good place to start. Check out the effect of a Ketogenic diet under “Fats”.
• Protein: low protein intake was associated with short and long sleep times (long being thought of as poor quality)
  • One study showed that 20% of calories as protein produce the most favorable effect on a person’s sleep
• Carbs: Carbohydrates were helpful for sleep, but it was the type of carbs that matters most:
  • Sugar leads to excessive daytime sleepiness
  • Fiber lead to better overall sleep, and less daytime sleepiness
• Fats: Turns out a low-fat diet was associated with non-restorative sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness
  • High-Fat Ketogenic diets have been associated with improved sleep quality, increased REM sleep and increased slow wave sleep

Also,

More specifically you may have read my blogs and eBooks looking at:

• Vitamin B: probably the best Vitamin for sleep regulation. B1 helps with sleep patterns, B9 improves mood and sleep, and B12 influences circadian rhythms.
• Magnesium: helps the internal sleep pacemaker and melatonin production
• Zinc: low Zinc in kids has been shown to effect sleep patterns

There were also a couple of links there, so be sure to check it out.

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