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ArticleExperimental animals2025

Royal jelly reduced non-rapid eye movement sleep fragmentation and restored sleep stability in diet-induced obese mice.

Chiaki Sugiura, Mao Sato, Shun Tanaka, Nobuaki Okumura, Akira Terao

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Chiaki SugiuraDepartment of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Tokai University, 5-1-1-1 Minamisawa, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-8601, Japan.
Mao SatoDepartment of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Tokai University, 5-1-1-1 Minamisawa, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-8601, Japan.
Shun TanakaDepartment of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Tokai University, 5-1-1-1 Minamisawa, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-8601, Japan.
Nobuaki OkumuraInstitute for Bee Products and Health Science, R&D Department, Yamada Bee Company Inc., 194 Ichiba, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0393, Japan.
Akira TeraoDepartment of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Tokai University, 5-1-1-1 Minamisawa, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-8601, Japan.

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Abstract

Royal jelly (RJ) is recognized due to its high nutritional value and potential health benefits. Previous research showed that RJ supplementation decreased fat accumulation, resulting in weight loss and improvements in hyperglycemia and insulin resistance in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice. To expand the weight-reducing properties of RJ, this study aimed to investigate the effects of RJ supplementation on HFD-induced obese mice with impaired sleep stabilization. Over a 20-week period, the C57BL/6J mice were divided into the following dietary groups: normal diet (ND), ND supplemented with 5% lyophilized RJ powder (ND+RJ), HFD, and HFD supplemented with 5% lyophilized RJ powder (HFD+RJ) groups. Compared with the HFD group, the HFD+RJ group exhibited a significant reduction in body weight via a decrease in fat mass. Moreover, much like the ND group, the HFD+RJ group demonstrated improvements in the fragmentation of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and wakefulness. These processes contributed to the reestablishment of sleep/wake continuity and restored the overall stability of sleep. In contrast, the ND+RJ and ND groups exhibited a similar sleep/wake architecture. Thus, RJ supplementation in the ND demonstrated no substantial effect on sleep/wake. According to these findings, dietary RJ improves the sleep/wake architecture and restores sleep stability. Hence, RJ is a promising dietary component for addressing obesity and restoring sleep stability.

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Dietary SupplementsDiet, High-FatFatty AcidsObesitySleepSleep DeprivationAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, ObeseRoyal JellyWakefulnessFatty AcidsRoyal Jellyhigh-fat dietnon-rapid eye movement sleepobesityroyal jellysleep stabilization

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