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What’s the best diet for healthy sleep? A nutritional epidemiologist explains what food choices will help you get more restful z’s

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In the U.S. , a large percentage of the population suffers from poor sleep quality and sleep disorders like insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea.

Most Americans eat far too much fatty and processed food, too little fiber and too few fruits and vegetables.

It's difficult to determine whether these two trends are causally linked to one another, but more research points to linkages between sleep and diet.

Erica Jansen : There is not one magic food or drink that will improve your sleep.

It’s better to focus on overall healthy dietary patterns throughout the day , with a higher proportion of calories consumed earlier in the day .

For example, it appears that the associations between healthy diet patterns and insomnia symptoms could be stronger among women.

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