Fatty foods daytime sleepiness: Do you feel lazy and sleepy at while working from home (during the daytime)? Research shows that excessive use of fat and butter in breakfast could lead to sleepiness while working from home (office working hours). Dietary intake with excessive fatty acids, loads of carbohydrate, and high calories may interrupt normal body functions. This research was carried to find a relation between a sleep disorder (sleep apnea) and food items rich in fat. However, there was no link seen! But the consequences prognosticated the sleepy behaviour while working from home was more in people having a high-fat diet. Cravings for fatty food: People's cravings for high-carbohydrate, high-fat foods associated with less energy and common sleep issues. The typical sleep and diet pattern can become an insubordinate cycle which may impede nutrient absorption, lead to lack of concentration and less alert mind.
How are fatty food and sleepiness related?
The outcomes were based on a study of more than 1800 Australian males aged thirty-five to eighty and included their eating habits over twelve months. Drowsiness during the daytime may cause laziness and no or lesser physical activity. This eventually will lead to lifestyle-related diseases like heart diseases, pulmonary abnormalities, diabetes, and many more. Researchers suggest having healthful food, including high protein, high fibre, and low carb or fat, to prevent any disorder. Also, correct eating time and moderate physical activities are necessary for an alert mind at work or a healthy body. Do you know that to boost your brain function, adequate sleep is also required?
Also read: You must include these 7 amazing starchy food in your diet
Top Stories
How high-calorie foods trigger sleep?
- A recent study challenges that a little sight of high-calorie meals triggers sleep and hunger. The research puts ads on food accountable for obesity as they stimulate the brain’s hunger control centre, leading to increased craving or desire for food. Moreover, the study explained that having added sweeteners drinks can stimulate the brain to crave for food. The study scourged out at the food advertisements, criticising them for being the problem behind overeating.
- The detailed research report was presented in Houston, USA, at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society. fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging technique was used to prepare the brain responses of thirteen obese young Hispanic ladies. Participants had 2 brain scans. They viewed images of high-calorie foods in the first scan, such as cupcakes and ice cream. The brain’s response to low-calorie foods was noted in the second scan, such as vegetables and fruits. It was pointed out that images of high-calorie diet enhanced the desire and hunger for sweet foods.
Fatty foods trigger Type II Diabetes
According to researchers, fatty foods are an essential trigger for diabetes in grown-ups. This research was carried out on human pancreatic cells and mice to look at how fatty foods induce blood sugar monitoring systems and insulin production of the body. However, researchers are not for sure that, this is how, in general, fatty diets influence the human pancreatic cells; they are confident that additional study will shed light on this fact.
Read more articles on Miscellaneous