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

I know walnuts before bed make dreams more vivid. Going back to the Romans people have connected dreams with food.

I always heard mushrooms and shellfish were the big ones for effecting dreams.

I've had a few 'toxic' dreams as they are called on this Dream site I visited.  These are dreams that are sort of like nightmares, but different in that they are induced by eating foods that cause sleep disturbances.  I rarely eat after 7.30pm, but a few times I have had a vegitarian pizza late at night and whoa, my dreams were scary and weird.

Hmm, don't really know... I do know I had some party pies and sausage rolls last night before bed, and then this morning, when I was at that weird half-asleep dozey stage, I had the *best* series of really short dreams. Almost worth trying again...

But then, of course, is it the food that's causing the wacky/weird/interesting dreams, or what you've been thinking about that day/just before you go to sleep? 'Cause that can influence dreams too...

It's commonly held amongst Afrikaners that eating meat shortly before going to bed is guaranteed to bring nightmares. Don't know if that's specifically true, but I do find that eating heavy, fatty foods in the evening definitely turn my dreams towards a darker shade.

~Simone.

I imagine throughout history various herbs have been used both in sleep and awake to create different realities.

Quote from: lisagurl on June 17, 2008, 09:23:00 AM
I imagine throughout history various herbs have been used both in sleep and awake to create different realities.

Calea Zacatechichi (or dream herb) is a big dream inducer. So is Valerian.