Scientists find ‘remarkable’ diet to defeat insomnia within 24 hours
Scientists find ‘remarkable’ diet to defeat insomnia within 24 hours
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Scientists find ‘remarkable’ diet to defeat insomnia within 24 hours
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The latest study, published in the journal Sleep Health, showed that shifting from a lifestyle of eating no fruits to one including five cups a day can induce sound sleep at night.
What the hell is a cup of fruit?
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I truly hate how Americans measure things: https://fruitsandveggies.org/blog/how-much-do-i-need/
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The sentence took me way too long to parse. I read it as “shifting from a lifestyle of eating no fruits to one (fruit) including five cups a day”
“Fruits” and a volume measurement is such a strange way to word it too. Which fruits? How much is a cup? Is it a Canadian, American, or English cup? Is it maybe some other measure?
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Usually eight ounces.
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Occasionally 9-16 ounces if you have a bigger cup.
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Oddly enough, it's not what you find in a fruit-cup
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Same thing as half a pint of fruit
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Its actually 5 portions a day. You can count a portion as approx. 80g, or an easy to figure a portion for any human is, it's the size of your fist. If you have a small fist, it's a small portion, and the same for a large fist, large portion.
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The actual paper is a lot more interesting than the linked article, and has no ads.
https://www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S2352-7218(25)00089-0/fulltext
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As a poor all I can say is lmao. I guess I’ll try to do more oatmeal.
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Heard. But beans and lentils (esp dried) are classic poor fare. 2 tablespoons of olive oil, some spices from bulk store, maybe some alliums, 45 mins prep time, and you've got a meal for about $2/serving. Recipe can be riffed on or scaled up effortlessly if you've got a big pot.
EDIT oh I just read the actual article — yeah fresh fruit and veg is definitely harder to come by, especially outside of the peak growing seasons.
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The study, since it's not in the article from what I can tell.
https://www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S2352-7218(25)00089-0/fulltext
One thing that wasn't mentioned in it is socioeconomic factors. Since the participants chose their own foods after the initial period, I'm betting the people that were already better off economically typically had a "healthier" diet. They're probably not getting their 5 cups of fruit and veg via fried zucchini and banana splits.
Another interesting thing was the maintenance of a ten hour eating window. I wonder why they chose that. There was an offset that had a flimsy reasoning behind it, but the window itself wasn't explained.
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These findings suggest that diets rich in complex carbohydrates, fruits, and vegetables may promote better sleep health.
Here I am, bi-polar and with lifelong sleep issues, taking presecribed sleeping pills, wondering if this would have a noticeable effect for me. I've woke up in the middle of the night every night for the past two weeks. I'll give it a shot.
It only just occurred to me that my sleep disruptions of late are probably directly tied to getting the longest sunlight of the year in the northern hemisphere. If that's the case, my sleep should improve in about a month.
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or drink and take pills like everyone else
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Study correlates better sleep with eating higher amount of fruit, vegetables, and whole grains. Sounds like it correlates it with getting enough fiber. Is this yet another gut biome thing? Shut up down there! I'm trying to sleep!
I sure hope so. I'm on a "5 cans of beans a day" diet currently. It really help when I'm biking with all that tail wind.
How is anyone in your neighborhood sleeping?!
Or is it potent enough to knock everyone out before the strangled screams can be heard?
It's absolutely a gut biome thing. By eating more of the good stuff, there's less room for the rest: less refined sugar, less animal protein, and less saturated fats. Basically displace all the stuff that we already know isn't exactly great for us.
Since the microbes in the gut feed on your gut if you don't feed them enough, it makes a lot of sense that keeping everything happy means you're bothered less too.