Food and dreams

[Kimi232]

I was wondering if eating certain foods before bed gave certain kinds of dreams? and what kinds of foods?

[Varzandeh]

Hi,
Easting too much beef will cause a red dream.
Eating too much eggplant with dairy will cause a messed dream.
Alcohol causes messed dreams.
Eating full and late also will cause messy dreams.Etc.
Good luck.

[Kimi232]

Thanks bunches ^_^
I also have another question... What's a red dream?

[Varzandeh]

A dream totaly in red color.

[Wolfjk]

Originally Posted by Kimi232

I was wondering if eating certain foods before bed gave certain kinds of dreams? and what kinds of foods?

Hi Kimi,
Some foods cause indigestion and dreams are the responses to the indigestion. If it is really bad you get a nightmare that wakes you up, if the pain of the indigestion is bearable, the dream will be a sort of diversion or entertainment to take your mind off it. The content of the dream depends on your own experiences and imagination.
Cheers Wolfjk

[Jennings]

While it is recognised that food and dreaming seem related my own view is that this is simply the cause of indigestion that disturbs sleeping at the physical level preventing deeper levels of sleep and causes one to be more aware of the dreams. I would doubt if there would be anything more to it than this.

[transcendantpig]

Hi Kimi!
I'm not saying this is true for everybody, but I find that I have more vivid dreams if I eat something salty right before bed and sleep more soundly if I drink flavored carbonated water...Also I have really fascinating dreams if I deliberately overdo on the tryptophan, say by eating lettuce, turkey, bananas, tuna fish, and drinking milk in the same day. Also I have weird but really interesting dreams after eating pasta with alfredo sauce.
I like to experiment and encourage vivid dreams with elaborate themes any way I can, and these seem to really work for me.

[Glorybound]

I'm the kind of person that generally doesn't remember my dreams. When I do, they're really really good dreams, though. Last night I ate a small vine of large purple grapes, the kind with 3-4 seeds in them, and I had the most relaxing, calming dream in recent memory. It really put my mind at ease. I'm going to continue exploring this topic. Also, I found that watching a favorite program to the point where you're nearly ready to fall asleep, and before getting to the ending turning it off. I believe this helps me to remember my dreams, probably because my mind is in a state where it still wants to keep going. When I watch a movie to the end (or leave it on while I'm sleeping) it seems as though it closes the door to my mind, or that my mind is satisfied with the ending I'd just seen or continue to listen to/view in the subconscious.

Does this make any sense?

[adams]

It's so weird that I found this question after experiencing it myself. I think maybe it's our natural blood sugar stabilising/adjusting itself after having dark chocolate.

but I have definitely experienced this before, if I eat close to bedtime.

[afurrymammel]

my better half and i had chilli con carne for dinner two nights ago using birds eye chilli and as a result had the most freakiest dreams,the kind you cant actually wake yourself from . anyone else had chilli related dreams ?