Sleep quality and consistency associated with better academic performance (2019)

Re:Sleep quality and consistency associated with better acad... by Maxburn on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @07:26AM (#30084678)

I think personally diet and exercise made the biggest impact. A diet that works for your body not your ideology, lots of real experimentation needed here and stop ignoring how you feel. For me getting off of carbs and doing light keto seems to be what my body wants.

Mix in some light exercise. Nothing crazy here, with all the health tracking available these days just aim for the minimums shown there. Doesn't have to be every day, just shoot for the majority of the week.

You might be shocked at how improving these two makes a difference. Do not take these to extremes, just aim for a better baseline than what you are doing now.

Also I'm speaking as an american here, and I was especially bad in these two areas. YMMV.

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Re:Sleep quality and consistency associated with better acad... by caskstrength on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @07:29AM (#30084703)

Thanks for sharing. Never thought that carbs could significantly impact sleep quality.

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Re:Sleep quality and consistency associated with better acad... by clydethefrog on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @07:49AM (#30084844)

For me it mostly helps avoiding any food, and specifically carbs, a few hours before going to sleep. I guess otherwise the body wants to stay more awake to digest the food.

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Re:Sleep quality and consistency associated with better acad... by caskstrength on Thursday January 27, 2022 @04:56AM (#30098406)

I stopped having late dinners and didn't notice much change. Eating fruits (e.g. carbs) sometimes 1-2 hours before sleep also doesn't seem to impact my sleep, so I guess YMMV.

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Re:Sleep quality and consistency associated with better acad... by Maxburn on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @11:39AM (#30087730)

Very true, once I got adapted to carb free I generally don't eat dinner now. A small snack if I want but nothing heavy really helps sleep quite a bit.

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