Why the study?
Does lunch affect blood glucose, autonomic indices, body temperature, mood and performance efficiency in male and female subjects?
Does lunch affect blood glucose, autonomic indices, body temperature, mood and performance efficiency in male and female subjects?
Postprandial increases in deactivated mood may be driven by parasympathetic control of insulin, with notable sex differences in autonomic responses.
Should not yet inform meal timing or mood interventions; hypothesis-generating for sex-specific autonomic-insulin links in postprandial states.
Three complementary studies examined the effect of lunch within the context of diurnal variation recording of blood glucose, autonomic indices, body temperature, mood and performance efficiency in male and female subjects. The parasympathetic control of insulin is suggested as a mechanism which may underpin postprandial increases in deactivated mood. Sex differences in autonomic indices are related to possible sex differences in response to the laboratory environment and procedure.
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