10-15% of Americans have long-term sleepdifficulties. The common sleep difficulties includesleep initiation and maintenance. The currenttreatment options for sleep difficulties arepharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy.Both the timing and macronutrient content of mealsare known to influence sleep. This book provides anew treatment for sleep initiationdifficulty. A carbohydrate-based high-glycemic-indexmeal resulted in a significant shortening of sleeponset latency in compared to a low-glycemic-indexmeal, and was most effective when consumed 4 hbefore bedtime. Also the book demonstrates theeffect of short-term consumption of the Atkins' dieton sleep and behavioural responses. A significantincreased in slow wave sleep were shown, and thedaytime symptoms of fatigue, and depressed mood weresignificantly increased following the Atkins' dietcompared to the control one. This analysis isespecially useful to researchers, healthprofessionals, subjects with sleep initiationdifficulty, the Atkins' diet followers, or anyoneelse who may be considering consuming a diet forimproving his/her sleep health and practising sleephygiene.
AFAGHI AHMADnPHD, MPH, RD: Studied Nutrition and Sleep Research at SydneyUniversity, Public Health at Wollongong University; AssistantProfessor of Nutrition and Sleep, Qazvin University of MedicalScience, School of Medicine.
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PHD, MPH, RD: Studied Nutrition and Sleep Research at Sydney
University, Public Health at Wollongong University; Assistant
Professor of Nutrition and Sleep, Qazvin University of Medical
Science, School of Medicine.
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10-15% of Americans have long-term sleep
difficulties. The common sleep difficulties include
sleep initiation and maintenance. The current
treatment options for sleep difficulties are
pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy.
Both the timing and macronutrient content of meals
are known to influence sleep. This book provides a
new treatment for sleep initiation
difficulty. A carbohydrate-based high-glycemic-index
meal resulted in a significant shortening of sleep
onset latency in compared to a low-glycemic-index
meal, and was most effective when consumed 4 h
before bedtime. Also the book demonstrates the
effect of short-term consumption of the Atkins' diet
on sleep and behavioural responses. A significant
increased in slow wave sleep were shown, and the
daytime symptoms of fatigue, and depressed mood were
significantly increased following the Atkins' diet
compared to the control one. This analysis is
especially useful to researchers, health
professionals, subjects with sleep initiation
difficulty, the Atkins' diet followers, or anyone
else who may be considering consuming a diet for
improving his/her sleep health and practising sleep
hygiene.
