Thursday, June 19, 2008

"High Fat Diet Linked to Poor Sleep"

Brazilian researchers have found that the more fat you consume each day, the less likely you are to get a good night's sleep.

Studies in the sleep lab showed that overall, the more fat they ate each day:

  • The more times they woke up, tossing and turning, throughout the night.
  • The greater the chance of abnormal breathing while sleeping.
  • The less time spent in REM (rapid eye movement) sleep each night. REM sleep is the sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
  • Research has shown that the more REM sleep you get, the more energetic you will feel the next day, says American Academy of Sleep Medicine spokesman Ron Kramer, MD.

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