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Diet and sleep! It's no joke - What you eat and drink matters!

Nutrition Science Bites Conversations (Summer Series) with Prof Clare Collins and Ilyse Jones

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Diet and sleep! It's no joke - What you eat and drink matters!

In this episode of Nutrition Science Bites, Prof Clare Collins and Ilyse Jones discuss the relationship between sleep and nutrition. They explore how sleep needs change over a person's life, the impact of dietary patterns on sleep quality, and the importance of maintaining healthy eating habits for better sleep.

The conversation also delves into sleep hygiene practices and the importance of addressing sleep disorders, like sleep apnoea, emphasising the need for regular sleep patterns and the effects of substances like caffeine and alcohol on sleep quality.


To read more on nutrition and sleep - check out No Money No Time article "Struggling to Sleep? What you eat and drink could be the culprit (and the fix!)


More resources:

Sleep Disorders Australia: Resources on sleep apnea, insomnia, shiftwork and other sleep-related conditions

Sleep Disorders Australia: Sleep for Shiftworkers

Australasian Sleep Association: Sleep Questionnaires

This Way Up: Free online insomnia program for adults

Sleep Ninja: Sleep Ninja App for adolescents


Australian Eating Survey - Personalised Food, Nutrient Assessment Report: Use code DietCheck when purchasing for 50% off. PURCHASE HERE

Check Your Drinking HERE

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What is healthy eating?

Eating healthy is making sure you enjoy a wide variety of foods from each of the five major food groups daily, in the amounts recommended. The five major food groups as recommended by the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating are:

  1. vegetables and legumes/bean
  2. fruit
  3. lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, legumes/beans
  4. grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties
  5. milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat.

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