The "crashes of the system" that we suffer after a sumptuous meal may be the direct responsibility of glucose , which lowers the levels of oxerine in the hypothalamus , a class of proteins whose mission is to keep us alert .
Last June, Denis Burdakov and his team of researchers at the University of Manchester, in England, showed that even an almost imperceptible rise in glucose significantly reduces neuronal activity.
Therefore, if you want to stay awake, you should avoid foods rich in carbohydrates or fat ; instead, it will keep your eyes peeled after a protein feast. There are, however, dissenting voices. According to Eduard Estivill, director of the Sleep Alterations Unit at the Dexeus Institute in Barcelona, this feeling of sleep simply responds to the need to rest after eight hours of wakefulness.
