title: Isocaloric diet changes and electroencephalographic sleep.
abstract: Electroencephalographic (E.E.G.) sleep changes were studied in eight young healthy male subjects who were given a normal balanced diet or a high-carbohydrate/low-fat or low-carbohydrate/high-fat isocaloric diet, according to an experimental design. Significantly less slow-wave sleep (S.W.S.) was found after consuming a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet than after consuming a normal balanced diet or a low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet. The latter two diets did not differ in terms of the amounts of S.W.S. Both high-carbohydrate/low-fat and low-carbohydrate/high-fat isocaloric diets, especially the former, were associated with significantly more rapid-eye-movement (R.E.M.) sleep than was the normal balanced diet. These findings emphasise the importance of daily diet for the following night's sleep.
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats