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08/05/2013
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Type of food consumed influences the level of daytime sleepiness, study finds Photo: Custodio Coimbra / O Globo
Hersey, USA - A new study suggests that their level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the type of food you eat. The results show that higher consumption of fat has been associated with increased daytime, while most carbohydrate intake was associated with increased speed.
There was no relationship between protein intake and sleepiness or alertness. These results are independent of sex, age and body mass index as well as the total amount of sleep that volunteers had and your overall caloric intake.
- Increased consumption of fat has an adverse effect on the acute alertness of healthy adults, not obese - said research leader, Alexandros Vgontzas, professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine Penn State, Pennsylvania.
The summary research was published in a supplement of the magazine online "Sleep". The study group consisted of 31 healthy subjects were not obese and without sleep apnea, aged between 18 and 65, who spent four consecutive nights in a sleep laboratory. On the fourth day sleepiness was measured by means of an evaluation called "test multiple sleep latency". Each volunteer received five daily meals of varying types.
- Excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue are very prevalent in the modern world and rising - Vgontzas said. - It seems that a diet rich in fat decreases sharply alert level, and this may have an impact on an individual's ability to perform tasks.
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