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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Foods for good sleep

Some foods help to calm your brain and thereby promote good sound sleep. These sleeper foods are rich in an amino acid known as tryptophan, which is used to make a chemical known as seratonin which slows down traffic of nerve impulses in brain.The following foods are proven to induce sleep.


1. Chamomile tea:It is mild sedative and calms and relaxes brain inducing sleep.

2. Bananas: Bananas balance melatonin and seratonin levels which induce sleep. Magnesium in Bananas help to relax muscles.

3. Cherries: Cherries contain melatonin, which promotes sleeps. Travelers often take melatonin pills to combat insomnia. Try Fresh cherries or cherry juice before going to bed.

4. Milk contains an amino acid named tryptophan. This is the same amino acid that is in Turkey which makes you drowsy after eating it during thanksgiving dinner. Tryptophan helps in sleep, so try a glass of milk before going to bed.

5. Walnuts: Just like milk and Turkey,walnuts also contain tryptophan that helps to make the hormones required to set the body's sleep clock.

6. Almonds/Almond milk: Almonds contains magnesium, which improves the quality of sleep.Scientific studies have proven that.

7. Jasmine rice: Jasmine rice is a low glycemic food,which means glucose in rice is released slowly into the blood in your body.People who eat jasmine rice take half the time to fall asleep than people who eat other types of rice.Have jasmine rice 4 hours before going to bed.

8.Sweet potatoes:Sleep promoting complex carbohydrates and muscle relaxing potassium present in sweet potatoes help you in the right direction of sleep.

7.Lettuce brew:Lettuce contains lactucarium which works on the brain similar to Opium. You can prepare  the lettuce brew by boiling 3-4 leaves on lettuce leaves in 1 cup of water for 15 minutes.Add sweetener and mint if you like.

8. Fish-Tuna/Salmon/Halibut: These fish contains B6 vitamin which is required to make sleep hormones seratonin and melatonin. Try baked fish with jasmine rice for dinner.

9. Passion fruit tea: Harman alkaloids are the substances found in passion fruit flowers that make the nervous system feel tired and induce sleep. Take one cup of passion fruit tea before going to bed.

10. Honey: Honey rises insulin levels slightly which in turn helps to allow tryptophan enter the brain easily.


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