Good food for your sleep: Tryptophan-Rich Foods

Tryptophan is a sleep inducing substance. You can have the following food items that contain tryptophan to sleep well at night – Dairy products like milk, cottage cheese and cheese. Soy products like tofu, soybean nuts and soy milk. Poultry Whole grains Beans Seafood Lentils Meats Rice Hazelnuts, Peanuts Eggs Sesame seeds, sunflower seeds So, eating carbohydrates with foods that contain tryptophan-containing foods makes available the amino acid to our brain, therefore, inducing sleep.  
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Good food for your sleep: Tryptophan-Rich Foods

Tryptophan is a sleep inducing substance. You can have the following food items that contain tryptophan to sleep well at night –

  • Dairy products like milk, cottage cheese and cheese.
  • Soy products like tofu, soybean nuts and soy milk.
  • Poultry
  • Whole grains
  • Beans
  • Seafood
  • Lentils
  • Meats
  • Rice
  • Hazelnuts, Peanuts
  • Eggs
  • Sesame seeds, sunflower seeds


So, eating carbohydrates with foods that contain tryptophan-containing foods makes available the amino acid to our brain, therefore, inducing sleep.

 

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