Amber L asked:
Bananas for sleep
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no, but jogging 5 miles does it for me
I’ve never heard of such a thing to be quite honest with you. I eat bananas quite frequently and they don’t make me feel tired. If you’re looking for something to help you sleep, try chamomile tea! Lipton and Celestial Seasonings both make a “Sleepy Time Tea”, and it always helps me!
Not really. Bananas do contain tryptophan and many people find tryptophan causes drowsiness. But bananas contain a relatively small amount. Bananas can make a good late night snack because they are easily digested and, coupled with a cup of warm milk – which also contains tryptophan – a banana may help with relaxation. But to call them a sleep *remedy* would be going too far.
they contain minerals and nutrients that relax and soothe muscle aches and pains. so if your problem with sleeping is this, then bananas would help.
With a glass of warm to hot milk it might help. A banana contains about 400mg potassium and about 40mg magnesium. Both minerals could help calm the nervous system, along with the calcium in milk, to help promote restful sleep.
Some say bananas contain tryptophan to help promote sleep. But a banana only contains about 16mg….not enough really to have any real effect, perhaps.
Other sleep remedies include: Avena sativa (oat straw) extract, Passiflora incarnata (passionflower) extract, Lemon balm tea, Chamomile tea, Hops, Wild lettuce extract and Valerian.
I would not put bananas at the top of my list for sleep remedies, although they contain potassium, magnesium and tryptophan. Here is a list of sleep remedies that is so long that reading it may put you to sleep
A warm bath is a great way to help you to sleep. If you can’t take a bath, you can give yourself a foot massage with slightly warm massage oil, sesame oil, or castor oil from a health food store.
What was very helpful to me, especially when my mind was racing, was to lie in bed and listen to relaxation CDs, especially those that contain someone speaking with relaxing music in the background. Many of these CDs are available on eBay for very low prices.
A helpful technique is to relax your body one part at a time. So you could relax your feet, your lower legs, upper legs, moving up from your lower belly up to your chest, etc., until your whole body is relaxed.
Of course, guided relaxation methods can help, imagining yourself in the country, the beach, or whatever is most soothing to you.
If you have annoying thoughts or personal issues that run thru your mind when you are trying to sleep, you might have to deal with those issues first. You might want to talk to a counselor or therapist about that. I suggest avoiding prescription sleeping pills unless nothing else helps.
There are herbs that can help you to sleep, eg, valerian root, kava kava, chamomile, hops, passion flower, skullcap. Probably, valerian root and kava kava are the best. You have to keep in mind that it can take a few weeks for some herbs (including valerian) to build up in your system before they work.
You can also try 5-HTP, trytophan, GABA, or melatonin (about 3 mg). I would not take melatonin for over a month unless your doctor says it is ok.