15 Foods That Will Put You to Sleep (and Keep You There!)

Merlin5 · 21 Apr 2018 at 02:39

Possibly useful if you're a restless sleeper? Seems to be all about foods that contain something called Tryptophan which converts to Serotonin and Melatonin, and natural muscle relaxants Potassium and Magnesium.

Bananas (Potassium and Magnesium)
Hot milk
Turkey and chicken
Dark chocolate
Tart cherries
Chamomile tea
Bowl of cereal
Peanut butter
Oatmeal
Greek yoghurt
Cheese and crackers
Hummus
Honey
Pumpkin seed powder
Greens

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/di...and-keep-you-there/ss-AAw1lhJ?ocid=spartandhp

arty · 21 Apr 2018 at 10:26

Turkey, at least, was disproven on Mythbusters.

krooton · 21 Apr 2018 at 11:22

And most cereal is full of sugar/carbs, don't see how that would put you to sleep

Merlin5 · 21 Apr 2018 at 12:03

krooton said:
And most cereal is full of sugar/carbs, don't see how that would put you to sleep

True although it says look for a low sugar variety of cereal.

Bluecube · 21 Apr 2018 at 12:30

I thought dark chocolate contained a lot of caffeine or similar.

Kris_90 · 21 Apr 2018 at 13:21

Take ZMA supplements - will knock you out and make your dreams crazy

x-st · 21 Apr 2018 at 13:31

Bluecube said:
I thought dark chocolate contained a lot of caffeine or similar.

Seems if you look this one up there's contrasting information....some say it's good for sleep because of the high levels of magnesium, whilst other places agree with you saying that it's full of caffeine...

Rroff · 21 Apr 2018 at 13:35

Some honey stirred into hot milk is the only setup on that list that has helped me to sleep really.

Merlin5 · 21 Apr 2018 at 15:02

Bluecube said:
I thought dark chocolate contained a lot of caffeine or similar.

Yeah, it does seem to be a slightly confused one.

The article says dark chocolate gets a bad rep for having caffeine and causing restlessness but that it also contains serotonin which helps you relax.

D.P. · 21 Apr 2018 at 19:19

You are missing wine, beer and spirits

COYS · 21 Apr 2018 at 19:42

14" pizza does the job for me.

Wizzfizz · 21 Apr 2018 at 20:13

An indian curry takeaway

Snookums · 21 Apr 2018 at 20:15

D.P. said:
You are missing wine, beer and spirits

Second this. One drink and I could sleep anywhere. Anymore than one tho and it wakes me right up.

Schizo · 21 Apr 2018 at 20:27

I know it's not food but football sends me to sleep in a matter of seconds

Schizo · 21 Apr 2018 at 20:27

But on a serious note I find a glass of spirits makes it easier to sleep.

Glaucus · 22 Apr 2018 at 07:36

Mainly bs as most people don't eat enough to get a large enough dose and if they did would be uncomfortable.
Not many people eat at least 400g of Turkey or 1.2 liters of milk in at a single time before bed.

Same with banana and magnesium,yes deffeciencey does reduce sleep and increase chance of insomnia a single banana before bed is going to do jack though. Try a regularly supplement of around 500mg if you are deffeciencey not 32mg found in a bannnana.

Such articles are always pointless.

jsmoke · 22 Apr 2018 at 11:34

Lausange at lunch time could potentially knock me for six.

DrToffnar · 24 Apr 2018 at 16:13

Glaucus said:
Mainly bs as most people don't eat enough to get a large enough dose and if they did would be uncomfortable.
Not many people eat at least 400g of Turkey or 1.2 liters of milk in at a single time before bed.

Same with banana and magnesium,yes deffeciencey does reduce sleep and increase chance of insomnia a single banana before bed is going to do jack though. Try a regularly supplement of around 500mg if you are deffeciencey not 32mg found in a bannnana.

Such articles are always pointless.

There's no way your body's going to process 500mg though. The best option is to integrate foods like that into your diet on the regular, least of all because of any specific chemical you want to reap the benefits of.

Rroff · 24 Apr 2018 at 16:21

Schizo said:
But on a serious note I find a glass of spirits makes it easier to sleep.

I don't get good quality sleep from alcohol personally - yes a moderate (or more) amount can make it easier to drop off but I usually wake up 1.5-3 hours later or so (depending on how much I've drunk) as it wears off and start to feel cold.

ttaskmaster · 24 Apr 2018 at 17:13

Glaucus said:
Mainly bs as most people don't eat enough to get a large enough dose and if they did would be uncomfortable.

Pretty much what I was told by the doctor when I was diagnosed with a serotonin defficiency. Got given some pills instead, sort of like SSRIs but helped increase serotonin from the outset.
ISTR Dark Angel with Jessica Alba, in which her character has a serotonin problem and she drank milk for the tryptophan content, supposedly... but it's just a TV programme.