On the other hand, high carbohydrate intake was associated with reduced odds of having
difficulty maintaining
sleep in the 2007 — 2008 NHANES dataset.29 Spring et al. 14 found that women reported feeling more sleepy, and men more calm, after a high carbohydrate meal (86 % of energy from carbohydrates) compared to a high protein meal (85 % of energy from protein),
although subsequent nocturnal
sleep was not reported.