Its gettin hot in herre....... So letz take off our pajamaz

Just a little chilli for a good nap

10-10-2005

From: The Daily Telegraph

DIETS high in chilli may help people nod off at night and bound out of bed more energetically in the morning.

Tasmanian physiologist Andrew Davies surveyed 25 volunteers on a controlled meal plan for four weeks and compared them on the same diet but with 30g of chopped chilli added daily.

Although their sleep quality appeared to be similar on both diets, Dr Davies said the participants felt they were able to fall asleep easier when taking chilli.

"They also said they woke better and seemed to have a bit more energy and were able to function better during the day," he said after addressing the Australasian Sleep Association conference on the Gold Coast which ended yesterday.

Dr Davies said eight of the volunteers were fitted with equipment designed to measure their movement for five days.

He found that, on the spicy diet, they recorded fewer movements during sleep and tended not to sleep quite as long, yet they had more energy during the day.

The study was too small to draw any definitive judgments about the effect of chilli on sleep, but Dr Davies hopes to continue the research using more volunteers.