Bedtime Meals: Best Choices to Help with Sleep

Bedtime meals:

Sometimes it can be very hard for us to catch sleep at night. We find ourselves searching for ways to finally get that much needed rest by tossing and turning on our beds. There is no need for that as there are foods that can help us fall asleep as night. NBC News recently published an article on this topic. I have summed up the main points in this blog post.

More than one-quarter of the U.S. population reports occasionally not getting enough sleep and nearly 10 percent have chronic insomnia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Contrary to popular opinion, a glass of warm milk before bed won’t send you into a deep slumber.

“Some foods contain nutrients that may help us to relax, while others have components that may interfere or prolong digestion leading to delayed relaxation,” says Melissa Rifkin, RD.

Those foods that make you sluggish or relaxed during the day, like white bread, milk chocolate, bananas, cherries and chamomile tea, are the ones you want to reach for at night, she says.

Bedtime meals

Rice Medley Salad with Roasted Chickpeas

Veggie Turkey Rollups

Panzanella Tuscan-Style Tomato & Bread Salad

Cherry Yogurt Popsicles

Cherry Banana Ice Cream

Together, the potassium and magnesium in bananas act as muscle relaxers” she says.

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