Sleep and nutrition
This is my official first blog post. The goal here is to bring all of you wonderful people along with me as we explore the world of preventative medicine, increased activity span, and longevity.
I’m Dr. Matt Neimat and I have a deep interest in keeping family, friends, and patients moving and doing the things they love for as long as science knows how. This is an expansive and ever emerging area of discovery and I’m constantly learning. Join the journey below.
TOday we’re going to explore an emerging area of sleep science - the way sleep effects eating and what you’re wating effects your sleep.
Studies show that in sleep deprived patients, there is a tendency to take in more calories. In the study below patients were placed in a controlled sleep environment and patients were either given a sleep opportunity of 9 hours, or sleep depirvation for 5 days. Patients then switched groups, which is called crossover study.
The results were that those in the sleep depervation group took on average 250 - 400 extra calories daily. There are a number of proposed mechanisms such as the wakeful stimulation of food intake, etc. in women there was actually downregulation of the GLP-1 receptor meaning the satiety pathway is decreased.