{"id":12897,"date":"2013-05-14T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=12897"},"modified":"2013-05-15T03:23:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T07:23:19","slug":"study-links-daytime-sleepiness-alertness-to-type-of-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2013\/05\/study-links-daytime-sleepiness-alertness-to-type-of-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Study links daytime sleepiness, alertness to type of diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <span class=\"blue\"><span id=\"source\">American Academy of Sleep Medicine<\/span><\/span> press release via ScienceDaily:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10122\" alt=\"sleeping child\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/sleeping_child.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>A new study suggests that <strong>your level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the type of food that you eat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"text\">\n<p>Results show that higher fat consumption was associated with increased objective daytime sleepiness, while higher carbohydrate intake was associated with increased alertness. <strong>There was no relationship between protein consumption and sleepiness or alertness<\/strong>. These findings were independent of the subjects&#8217; gender, age, and body mass index as well as the total amount of sleep they were getting and their total caloric intake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Increased fat consumption has an acute adverse effect on alertness of otherwise healthy, non-obese adults<\/strong>,&#8221; said principal investigator Alexandros Vgontzas, MD, professor of psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>The research abstract was published recently in an online supplement of the journal <em>SLEEP<\/em>, and Vgontzas will present the findings Tuesday, June 4, in Baltimore, Md., at SLEEP 2013, the 27th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The study group comprised 31 healthy, non-obese normal sleepers without sleep apnea, ranging in age from 18-65 years, who spent four consecutive nights in a sleep lab<\/strong>. On the fourth day objective sleepiness was assessed with the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), and meals were provided five times to assess diet.<\/p>\n<p>According to the authors, previous studies had found that diet composition affects subjective sleepiness. <strong>The current study adds to this body of research by showing a similar association between diet and objective sleepiness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue are very prevalent in the modern world and on the rise,&#8221; said Vgontzas. &#8220;It appears that a diet high in fat decreases alertness acutely, and this may have an impact on an individual&#8217;s ability to function and also public safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: A new study suggests that your level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2013\/05\/study-links-daytime-sleepiness-alertness-to-type-of-diet\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[208,207,362],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12897"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12976,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12897\/revisions\/12976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}