Acute effects of the very low carbohydrate diet on sleep indices
Nutritional NeurosciencePublished 27 July 2008
Ahmad Afaghi, Helen O’Connor, Chin Moi Chow
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In healthy, good sleepers, the VLC diet over the short-term promotes increases in the percentage of SWS (deep sleep stage 4) and a reduction in the Percentage of REM sleep ('dreaming' sleep) compared to the control mixed diet, which may be linked to the metabolism of the fat content of the V LC diet.
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In healthy, good sleepers, the VLC diet over the short-term promotes increases in the percentage of SWS (deep sleep stage 4) and a reduction in the percentage of REM sleep ('dreaming' sleep) compared to the control mixed diet. The sleep changes may be linked to the metabolism of the fat content of the VLC diet.
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