While people joke about falling into a “food coma,” the scientific term is postprandial somnolence, loosely translated from the original Latin as “sleepiness after eating.” While it’s tempting to nap […]

The foods we eat can influence our dreams, so modifying your diet can improve sleep. Eating late at night can cause nightmares, as calorie intake feeds the brain and leads […]

Bananas (Musa) are a highly recommended mid-evening snack for people who struggle to sleep and those who engage in vigorous daytime activities, like tennis. They contain magnesium, potassium, and tryptophan, […]

If you’ve just started intermittent fasting, you may feel like you have more energy. You may even complain less about not getting enough sleep or feel like you don’t need […]

B vitamins enable the body to regulate sleep schedules so that we feel sleepy and alert at the right times. A diet lacking in B vitamins affects the body because […]

I wish I hadn’t drunk strong coffee, tea, cola, or energy drinks during the evening. It’s never a good feeling to lie awake at night, staring at the walls and […]