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What to eat to have a good healthy sleep?

Posted by Ivan in Lifestyle on June 27th, 2009

To eat or to Sleep?Did you know that your food affects not only qulity of your weight but quality of your sleep too!

Some foods can help you sleep better. While others can make sleep very difficult, uncomfortable or even impossible.

Foods that improve sleep include fruits, green leafy vegetables, whole grain breads and cereals, and mushrooms. Even spices such as dill, sage and basil help with sleep problems.

Drinking milk before bedtime, a common method to aid sleep, is actually effective. Milk actually contains tryptophan, which can be converted to serotonin, the hormone that controls sleep. Honey, turkey, egg whites and tuna also contain tryptophan, which are good night time snacks.

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