I have had problems with insomnia for years, but for the entirety of Whole30, I slept like a damn baby. Hadn’t thought about sleep problems all month, and have just drifted right to sleep when I close my eyes. There are no words to adequately capture the quality of life shift in getting 7-8 hours of good sleep every night.
My decision to do Whole30 had nothing to do with sleep, I really just wanted to eat less processed foods and fit more fruits and vegetables into my diet. But this ended up being a very happy and noticeable side effect.
I just finished Whole30 today, and had a little bit of rice with dinner, chocolate for desert, and a stevia sweetened soda. I am currently wide awake in the middle of the night with no sleep in sight. Of course this is just one night, but this is really making me think about doing Whole30 indefinitely.