Since I've been having some insomnia lately I decided to look up different things that can help you sleep better at night! While I was searching I came across an article on Readers Digest that listed off 16 helpful foods.
1) Walnuts
- good source of tryptophan
• sleep-enhancing amino acid
- contain own source of melatonin
2) Almonds
- rich in magnesium
3) Cheese and Crackers
- tryptophan is found in dairy
- calcium helps to trigger melatonin
4) Lettuce
- contains lactucarium
• has sedative properties
5) Pretzels
- high glycemic index which causes natural spike in blood sugar and insulin
- high in vitamin B6
• body needs to make melatonin and seratonin
- other foods high in B6: raw garlic and pistachio nuts
7) Rice
• body needs to make melatonin and seratonin
- other foods high in B6: raw garlic and pistachio nuts
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- like pretzels also has a high glycemic index
- jasmine rice particularly brings sleep on fastest
8) Cherry Juice
- naturally boost levels of melatonin
9) Cereal
- has carbohydrates and calcium
• 2 components for sleep
10) Chamomile Tea
- causes an increase of glycine
• helps relax nerves
11) Passionfruit Tea
- filled with Harman Alkaloids - chemical found in flower
• acts on nervous system to make you tired
12) Honey
- natural sugar slightly raises insulin
- try mixing it with chamomile tea
13) Kale
- loaded with calcium
- other good options: spinach and mustard greens
14) Shrimp and Lobster
- good source of tryptophan
15) Hummus
- another good source of tryptophan
16) Elk
- this meat has twice the amount of tryptophan as turkey
Questions of the day:
1) What sleep tricks work best for you?
2) Which of these things are your favorite?
3) Are there any you want to try?
- jasmine rice particularly brings sleep on fastest
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- naturally boost levels of melatonin
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- has carbohydrates and calcium
• 2 components for sleep
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- causes an increase of glycine
• helps relax nerves
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- filled with Harman Alkaloids - chemical found in flower
• acts on nervous system to make you tired
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- natural sugar slightly raises insulin
- try mixing it with chamomile tea
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- loaded with calcium
- other good options: spinach and mustard greens
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14) Shrimp and Lobster
- good source of tryptophan
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- another good source of tryptophan
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- this meat has twice the amount of tryptophan as turkey
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1) What sleep tricks work best for you?
2) Which of these things are your favorite?
3) Are there any you want to try?
❤ Nichole ❤
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It should be no surprise after yesterdays post, that tuna is one of my favorites from this post! :) Hope you end up figuring out something to help you sleep better girl.
ReplyDeleteIt took me the longest time to come around to tuna but once I did I was glad to have! It is so tasty!
DeleteThank you<3 I was interested to find some natural remedies! I definietly will be trying many of these out!
Cheese and crackers and cereal are my personal favs, although I didn't realize that it was a beneficial bedtime snack! Cool post!
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I didn't either! Cereal made me real excited cause it's my go to snack!
DeleteBring on the pretzels! I never knew they were considered beneficial for sleep. I'll admit the only 1 1/2 foods from these you listed I regularly eat around bedtime are almonds [almond butter for me] and chickpeas [that counts as the 1/2 because they're almost hummus, right?].
ReplyDeleteNon-foodwise my best trick to ensure a sound night of sleep is unplugging at least 45 minutes before bed. I'm still working on it, though.
Pretzel as are really good! I really enjoy them in hummus so I want to try that for sure!
DeleteChickapeas were mentioned under hummus so Id say you're good!!
I've tried that too, it's just so hard:( when I'm having a hard time sleeping I always reach for something cause I don't like just laying staring! I'm working on it too though!
This post is awesome! I went through the worst bought of insomnia over the summer and it was awful because I felt like I tried everything and nothing made a difference! I loooove jasmine rice, so good to know it has some added benefits :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed it!! I'm sorry about you bought with it! I go through phases of it at times. It's no fun! But I'm definietly interested in giving some of these a try!
DeleteHope you start sleeping better! I always like having a herbal tea before I go to bed they're always so soothing :) xx
ReplyDeleteThanks girl! Yes is certInly going to be tried! I had forgotten about Chanomile until I was reading the article for the post!
DeleteI find it interesting that cereal is on this list when we usually eat this in the morning as breakfast...
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting too!! It said the combo of carbs and calcium was helpful to trigger natural melatonin! I was excited though cause I definietly love my cereal!
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