Trial reportJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2016
Fiber and Saturated Fat Are Associated with Sleep Arousals and Slow Wave Sleep.
Trial report in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 136 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Sleep Deprivation and Energy Balance
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Who cites it
136 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 237 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Sleep and Pain: A Systematic Review of Studies of Mediation.The Clinical journal of pain · 2019Pooled it
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- Effect of Six-Month Diet Intervention on Sleep among Overweight and Obese Men with Chronic Insomnia Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2016Trial
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- The Co-Evolution of Sleep and Diet: Toward an Emerging Framework of Evolutionary Chrononutrition in Circadian-Metabolic Health.Nutrients · 2026Review
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- Prevalence and patterns of sleep disturbances in pediatric psychiatric and non-psychiatric populations: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Total dairy consumption is associated with healthy sleep patterns in U.S. adults.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026Article
- Dietary intake, lifestyle behaviors, and sleep architecture among night-shift medical residents: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Bidirectional effects of physical activity and sleep on health: evidence and future directions.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Unraveling the connection between the Mediterranean diet and sleep health: from biological mechanisms to clinical implications.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Review
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- Association of serum melatonin with dietary patterns and dietary nutrients in chinese population: a cross-sectional study.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of alternative healthy eating index with sleep quality among female students.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- The Influence of Food Intake and Blood Glucose on Postprandial Sleepiness and Work Productivity: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
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Abstract
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objectivesSleep restriction alters food intake, but less is known about how dietary patterns affect sleep. Current goals were to determine whether: (1) sleep is different after consumption of a controlled diet vs. an ad libitum diet, and (2) dietary intake during ad libitum feeding is related to nocturnal sleep.
methodsTwenty-six normal weight adults (30-45 y), habitually sleeping 7-9 h/night, participated in a randomized-crossover inpatient study with 2 phases of 5 nights: short (4 h in bed) or habitual (9 h in bed) sleep. Only data from the habitual sleep phase were used for the present analyses. During the first 4 days, participants consumed a controlled diet; on day 5, food intake was self-selected. Linear regression was used to determine relations between daytime food intake and nighttime sleep on day 5.
resultsSleep duration did not differ after 3 days of controlled feeding vs. a day of ad libitum intake. However, sleep after ad libitum eating had less slow wave sleep (SWS, P = 0.0430) and longer onset latency (P = 0.0085). Greater fiber intake predicted less stage 1 (P = 0.0198) and more SWS (P = 0.0286). Percent of energy from saturated fat predicted less SWS (P = 0.0422). Higher percent of energy from sugar and other carbohydrates not considered sugar or fiber was associated with arousals (P = 0.0320 and 0.0481, respectively).
conclusionsLow fiber and high saturated fat and sugar intake is associated with lighter, less restorative sleep with more arousals. Diet could be useful in the management of sleep disorders but this needs to be tested. CLINICAL
trial registrationhttp://www.clinicaltrials.gov, #NCT00935402.
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