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Posted on 08/19/2025 1:25:28 PM PDT by Red Badger
For more than a century, folklore and cartoons have warned us: eat cheese before bed, and you’re in for a strange night. Winsor McCay’s 1904 comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend famously turned the spicy cheese toast called Welsh rarebit into a portal for surreal, unsettling dreams. Now, a new study suggests McCay may have been on to something.
Researchers led by Dr. Tore Nielsen at the University of Montreal report a striking link between certain food sensitivities (especially lactose intolerance) and experiencing nightmares. Drawing on a large survey of over a thousand university students, the study uncovers how what we eat, when we eat it, and how our bodies respond may all conspire to shape the landscapes of our dreams.
The team surveyed 1,082 undergraduate students, asking about sleep patterns, diet, food sensitivities, and dream content. Nearly a third of participants reported frequent nightmares. Around 40% believed food affected their sleep, and about 5.5% said specific foods impacted their dreams.
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What, are we Gremlins?
“Moe, Larry, the cheese!”
The very best thing you can do as a senior or anyone for that matter, is to eat casein protein before bed, ie cottage chees, greek yogurt, cheese etc.
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Another thing you can do is avoiding excessive retinol intake. People who consume more retinol have more bone problems.
Retinol Intake and Bone Mineral Density in the Elderly
https://academic.oup.com/jbmr/article-abstract/17/8/1349/7592186
That might explain why I dreamt I went nude swimming with Phyllis Diller.
Peanut butter to me.
Bkmrk
Lol!
Me cutting cheese in bed gives my wife nightmares….
Brrrrr!
Could have been worse could have been Kathy Griffin...
I just posted the same thing, LOL!
The “Cheese Store skit, and the pet shop with the dead parrot- two of my favorites!
Tonight, it's Vanilla Ice Cream with Pecan topping in Sugar cones. I had 3 already.
Reminds me of this movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5juFGJsztg
Try a soothing book rather then scrolling on your phone.
woohoo, i love nightmares- especially double nightmares- keeps my heart ticking
Some gives really good and vivid dreams.
Now I really am going to have nightmares! Yikes!
At least if you know if she does not leave she still loves you.
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