The next time you can’t sleep, try avoiding a trip the refrigerator.
A new study shows that eating less late at night may help curb the concentration and alertness deficits that often accompany a poor night’s sleep.
“Adults consume approximately 500 additional calories during late-night hours when they are sleep restricted,” says David F. Dinges, director of the Unit for Experimental Psychiatry and chief of the Division of Sleep and Chronobiology at University of Pennsylvania.
“Our research found that refraining from late-night calories helps prevent some of the decline those individuals may otherwise experience in neurobehavioral performance during sleep restriction.”
