Can’t Sleep – Eat a Banana
I have noticed lately that there are certain days when I feel like I have taken a sleeping pill so I kept a food diary to see if there is a certain food that I always consume on those days. Much to my surprise there is, Bananas. To quote www.realage.com ”they’re practically a pill in a peel”. Every tasty bite contains melatonin and serotonin as well as the muscle relaxant magnesium.
The next time you have trouble sleeping peel and eat a banana rather than reaching for a sleeping pill.
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I found out about this three weeks a go and had tried to eat a banana 1 hour before sleep and it works its magic. Only thing I do not know is whether eating before go to sleep will have any side effect.
No, eating a banana at night will not cause you to gain weight.
Hi,
Well it’s 3.31 AM where I am right now and my body clock is totally out of wack, I usually go to sleep now after having my smoothie, always with two banana’s in it.
Well, I’m going to stay awake until 9 PM tonight and then eat a a banana and see if it works its magic then.
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My son has suffered from night terrors for 3 years (since he was 10 months old). I have started having him eat one banana within one hour of bedtime and on the nights that I do this he does not have a night terror. My son actually had an EEG on his brain performed because his night terrors were so severe that two neurologists and four MDs thought that they may be seizures, luckily they were not, but they were determined to be night terrors. My son’s case was the most severe they had seen and said if I would like a sleeping medication one could be prescribed. The idea of having a four year old on addictive drugs was not an option for me. I have researched bananas and the effect they have on sleep and decided to try it myself. IT WORKS!!! He had the worst case 7 doctors had seen and it works for his sleep terrors. If you have a child suffering from terrors you must give this a try. It is natural and a miracle. Give it a few days. It may happen the first night or take a few days to “build up” in the system. ONE HOUR BEFORE BED EVERY NIGHT!
Sincerely,
A no longer suffering mom!
This is great, thanks for sharing with me
I also read that bananas can help you sleep so after years of suffering insomnia I gave it a try. It actually works. I ate 1 small banana about 1 hr before settling down to sleep. I was soon relaxed & drifted off with no trouble.Slept better than I have done for a long time & felt better when I woke. I did this for a wk then didn’t have a nightly banana for 2 or 3 days…right away I noticed the difference. I couldn’t settle right from the 1st night of not eatin a banana. Insomnia was back & i felt washed out the next morning. Back to the nightly banana for me. Better than any sleeping pill.
After laying in bed for 3 hrs without being to sleep, I decided to give a banana a try. Lets see if it works for me. Will report how it went on a later post.
Back in April I commented on this site regarding how bananas have assisted with my son’s severe nightly terrors. Although, bananas and Smart Water have added in lessening the episodes, they have in no way cured them entirely. I believe my son may suffer from some form or electrolyte imbalance that needs further investigation. I have shared this information with doctors who work in the field of sleep medicine in hopes that the assistance of bananas may in fact aid in the relief of night terrors.
Sincerely,
Still a suffering mom!
Thank you for the update,please keep me informed on your sons progress.
Patricia
I sympathise with you.
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This really doea work, i figured it out on my own do to the fact that my 21 month old daughter has never really been a good sleeper. I realized a few months back that the nights that she would eat a banana before bed, she would sleep the entire night. I just decided tonight to do some research and i’m glad i was right. The only problem is trying to get her to eat a banana every night. LOL I will have to try it another for, maybe smoothies or something else. If you have any suggestions on how to get her to eat a banana every night, i’m all ears. Thank you
I HAVE MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS THE MAIN ONES BEING TIA(MINI) STROKES, HYPERTESION AND SLEEP APNEA. I MYSELF, AN ADULT CAN TRULY ATTEST TO THE BANANA BEFORE BED AT NIGHT. I SLEEP A CPAP MACHINE, I HAVE SOME MEDS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO RELAX ME AT NIGHT TO HELP ME SLEEP. WELL GUESS WHAT. I STOP TAKING THE RELAXATION TABLET AND EAT A LARGE BANANA AROUND 9:30PM – 10:00PM. I CANHONESTLY AND TRULY TELL YOU THAT WHEN I GET THE CPAP ON AND TURN THE LIGHTS OFF, I GIVE MYSELF 15 MINUTES – WHICH I NEVER GET TO BECAUSE I AM SO SLEEPY TO THE POINT OF STRUGGLING TO GET MY CPAP. I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AROUND 9ISH AND BE VERY FRESH AND RESTED. I AM SPEAKING CLEARLY FROM THE FACTS OF MY LIFE. I TELL YOU THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A TIAMINI)STROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THE HARD TO SLEEP INDIVIDUAL TO TRY THE BANANA BEFORE BED.
I had a salty meal for dinner and got an impulse to eat half a banana for the potassium offset to the sodium. I was very pleasantly surprised with the best night’s sleep I’ve had in a very long time. No placebo here since I didn’t know about this until I looked it up on Internet.
i too suffer from insomnia i have started eating one banana with cumin powder and now i sleep properly but someone plz guide me whether eating banana at night will cause weight gain
Eating a banana at night will not cause you to gain weight. Weight gain is a result of consuming more calories than you need. Your body will store the extra calories as fat.
thanks mam but i want to know one thing as many people say that eating at night cause you weight gain is it true
If I wake up in the middle of the night I always have a banana and within 15 minutes I am back to sleep. Somenight I wake up then feel hungry so can’t go back to sleep so eating a banana is the perfect option!