Typically speaking, when people go on vegan diets and research studies, their overall quality of life improves in a lot of ways

And one of those domains that we look at is sleep and it very often does get better

Why would that be?

Some things are really obvious if you lose a lot of weight and your sleep

Happening up is no longer a problem and you no longer need the device to help you to breathe and you're really fine

And you're on obviously people sleep much better

But we think that there is also something just about the effective diet on brain chemistry

So that mood is a little bit better depression is lightened up a little bit

Anxieties are calm and those things seem to help sleep you will look at it too

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This is episode 93 of season four number 288 overall and today's top question

How does food affect sleep?

Is that so-called fourth meal your ticket to eight hours of glorious shut-eye or is it a recipe for insomnia?

And beyond meal timing

What about healthy eating options versus those greasy grab and go snacks or even fast food?

And how might a plant-based diet improve your sleep?

Well, we got answers to all of those questions recently on the exam room live

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