How to Eat for a Good Night's Sleep

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Be kind to your tummy so it will leave you alone when you want to rest.

Step 1: Give yourself time to digest
Eat no less than four hours before turning in. Avoid any before-bed snacks, especially grains and sugars.

Step 2: Digest high protein
Digest high-protein food, such as meat, fish, greens, and eggs, late in the day. The amino acid L-tryptophan, which these provide, will release melatonin and serotonin for good sleep.

Step 3: Calm the mind
Include dairy products, broccoli, chickpeas, nuts, and seeds in your meal a few hours before bed to elevate calcium and magnesium levels. Research shows that calcium and magnesium calm the mind.

Tip
Always avoid alcohol and caffeine before bed, or entirely, as these can disrupt sleep.

Step 4: Eat salad with fruit
Eat salads with fruits, such as apples or pears, which are known to calm the digestive system.

Step 5: Consume comfort foods
Consume comfort foods like chicken soup that encourage fond memories and make you happy and restful.

Tip
Eating a light and healthy diet will keep your weight down and guard against sleep apnea.

Step 6: Drink tea
Drink chamomile tea with ginger before going to bed to aid and settle your digestive system. Warm milk can be a sleep aid as well.

Did You Know?
Did you know? The world’s largest cupcake was baked in 2009. It contained 2 million calories and was sold in pieces to benefit breast cancer research.

[herotobedestroyer]

what helps me sleep is to go do some pushups or run for 5 to 10 mins with some rock like deltaparole, cuz that takes ma mind off of sleeping and i can sleep easier once i dont think about it no more.

[debraseiling]

I had never heard of some of this before. Thanks!

[cowgirl]

well, I think so because the ginger helps settle your digestive system (so if you take some crystallized ginger in the car, you won't get any motion sickness I think) and the purpose of the ginger is to calm the stomach down, but it's kind of unnecessary, so I think you can just cut the ginger out.

[devaniortman]

I often put on my sleep mask when I’m still sleeping, getting my beauty rest

[shxkn]

this video is actually pretty useful. i'll probably start this habbit.

thanks howcast..

btw first :P

[gothangel]

1:08 um its water in a bowl n ur drinkin it with a spoon

[tidusfantasy]

one problem....indeed protein food helps release melotonin, which helps to regulate ur biological clock, which in term helps in sleep, BUT, protein itself, will drive the stomach overload, because it is harder to digest protein, and u will not be able to fall asleep while in that state that easily...hence, dun take too much protein, but moderate amount is fine 4 hrs b4 sleep

[BamBabyBrenda]

WAIT A MINUTE! Why should I listen to them! Imma eat what I want when I want!

[eriklares]

So, no marinara and tobasco dipped pork rhinds?

[mootj]

So no fried potato's with mayonaise and double burgers before sleeping?

[sunspot]

i heard somewhere that apples are better at waking someone up then spelt that wrong.)

[BamBabyBrenda]

Why are the two top comments about the same thing?

[luckylu]

at 1:20 wtf is the pic in the backound

[JeffWright]

i drink and im out for the entire night till like 1100am wtf avoid it????

[superpowerLisa]

What is up with the 'did you know'-fact?

[madsensahl]

what the fucks up with the cupcake thing?!

[vorkev]

did you no most of the things on this list are bad before bed for most as 80 percent of people have acid reflux or gerd and the foods on this list except ginger apples will gouse it to act up.

[criptsftw]

"Don't eat four hours before you go to sleep"
"Eat Egg's a few hour's before you go to sleep"
WTFMOLOLOLOLTROLOL?!MOO?

[daFranchse]

I need this help, I have chronic sleep apnea or whatever the medical term is called, I basically cant sleep and I think found out why. I have eating allot at night right before I sleep, that is what is messing me up. I always eat protein with my diner so check that off the list and chamomille tea, I have to buy some of that because I dred regular milk drinking.

Oh and fuck chicken soup that shit makes me sick and was added to this film for its randomness, imo.

[kittenful]

Why is the language in this video so simple as if intended for a child? Not hating, just noticed it.