Component

Perceived sleep quality

Perceived sleep quality. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.

How nutrients influence it

Every nutrient with a recorded effect on this component, credited to the nutrient that acted rather than the chapter that recorded it. Open a nutrient to see the findings and the conditions they were measured under.

How nutrients reach it in more than one step

Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.

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What it does

Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.

Recorded relationships

What acts on it

  1. Immersion was associated with likely to very likely greater perceived quality of sleep on days 2 to 4 compared with the control week.

    Cold water immersion → Perceived sleep quality source_derived_draftungraded
    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/21941017.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1567, "text_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910"}
    experimental_model
    Eight highly trained swimmers over two matched training weeks in randomised order
    exposure
    5 minutes of seated recovery at 15 degrees C after the last training session each day
    limitations
    A small crossover in elite athletes using magnitude-based inference. Sleep quality is self-reported.
    nutrient_topic
    Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. · Cold water immersion
    organism
    Human
    plain_language
    The swimmers reported sleeping better on the cold weeks.
    primary_references
    [cold-p21941017] Effect of daily cold water immersion on heart rate variability and subjective ratings of well-being in highly trained swimmers. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21941017/ DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.7.1.33
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Autonomic nervous system and sleep

    Cold water immersion: cold sensing, heat production, the catecholamine axis and what repeated exposure changes (2026-09-19) · lines 780–791

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Eight highly trained swimmers over two matched training weeks in randomised order · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### cold-sleep-quality Immersion was associated with likely to very likely greater perceived quality of sleep on days 2 to 4 compared with the control week. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. plain_language: The swimmers reported sleeping better on the cold weeks. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Autonomic nervous system and sleep experimental_model: Eight highly trained swimmers over two matched training weeks in randomised order limitations: A small crossover in elite athletes using magnitude-based inference. Sleep quality is self-reported. exposure: 5 minutes of seated recovery at 15 degrees C after the last training session each day evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/21941017.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1567, "text_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910"} [cold-p21941017] Effect of daily cold water immersion on heart rate variability and subjective ratings of well-being in highly trained swimmers. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21941017/ DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.7.1.33
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In the sources

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