Abstract
Sleepiness during the afternoon and poor sleep after a heavy evening meal and heavy alcohol consumption are familiar to most people. Despite this, little is known about the effects of different constituents of meals on sleep. There is evidence that a heavy lunch and rapidly absorbing carbohydrates enhance sleepiness in the afternoon. This may add to daytime sleepiness, and for that reason, they should be avoided when one wants to avoid fatigue. On the contrary, a light evening meal rich in carbohydrates may help one to fall asleep. The relationships between the enteric nervous system (ENS) and the central nervous system (CNS) need to be studied much more in the future. There is already evidence that chronic sleep deprivation increases risk of obesity and adult-onset diabetes. Better information about nutritional issues must be taken into consideration in the future studies. This chapter gives an account of the relationship between nutrition and sleep.
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Partinen, M. (2017). Nutrition and Sleep. In: Chokroverty, S. (eds) Sleep Disorders Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6578-6_30
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