Are you having trouble sleeping? Many people blame a mild case of insomnia on the foods that we eat. The truth is that your problem could be what you’re not eating. Here are seven foods that’ll help you catch up on all your lost sleep.
1. It’s true, warm milk will put you to sleep. Milk contains tryptophan, which acts as a sedative. It’s also a good source of calcium, which aids the brain in utilizing tryptophan.
2. Try a little honey. Some honey in your warm milk or your chamomile tea – itself an excellent sleep inducer – may do the trick. Sugar is a stimulant and will keep you awake, but honey instructs the brain to stop orexin, a neurotransmitter that causes alertness.
3. Oatmeal encourages melatonin and will put you fast asleep. A bowel of warm oatmeal with some banana slices not only has melatonin, but the bananas have serotonin. You might call it a warm squishy sleeping pill.
4. A handful of almonds can be sleep inducing. Almonds contain tryptophan and magnesium. Magnesium is known to relax your muscles.
5. If you’re awake late at night, try some whole wheat toast with honey. It releases insulin, which aids tryptophan in getting to your brain where it is processed into serotonin.
6. Turkey is the great sleep inducer. Who hasn’t eaten a big Thanksgiving dinner only to fall asleep on the couch before the guests have gone home? The reason for this is tryptophan. Tryptophan is that wonderful chemical that puts you right to sleep, and turkey is full of it.
7. Try a small baked potato. It will help rid your body of the acids that interfere with tryptophan.
Using these foods as a sleep inducer can help you get a better and more natural sleep than any sleeping pill will. Give it a try.If you like what you see, keep going: Foods to Help You Snooze