Somebody told me.. (Like Snopes/Straight Dope but on ILX)

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Inspired by the "standby" thread and "prawns in the curtain rail" thread earlier this week.

This is the thread where we ask ILX about things other people have sworn blind to us are true, but we're a little bit dubious.

As a sprout, my dad told me that eating before bed helps you get to sleep quicker. Was he telling the truth, or just making excuses for eating food in bed?

― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

It depends if you're eating smack sandwiches or not.

― 'Curt' Russell (noodle vague), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

the digestion actually keeps you awake, i think.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

That's what I'd have thought! His theory was that you weren't being kept awake by your stomach rumbling.

― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Carbohydrates can make you sleepy, though.

― The Late Fear And The Potato Fear (kate), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

I need cheese to sleep.

― 'Curt' Russell (noodle vague), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

Yep, complex carbohydrates will make you sleep I think.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:49 (twenty years ago)

i heard that, just last week.

but don't eat, like, a steak.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

I have a lot of trouble sleeping when I'm hungry...I think it's nice to have a little something in the ol' stomach from a few hours before. Not in the "totally stuffed into a food coma" way, although that can be great on a Sunday afternoon when you know you need a nap but you need sustenance first.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Eating lots will make you nod off, but that's not the same as a proper night's sleep.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:58 (twenty years ago)

eating before bed is a good way to get fat.

― chaos theory, Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

it's because the blood goes to your belly and away from your brain.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 02:29 (twenty years ago)

I read a health article that claimed eating before going to bed is essential for healthy liver function.

― Rumpie (lil drummer girl parumpumpumpu), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 12:04 (twenty years ago)

I'm with Dr. chaos theory - what I heard was that eating anything much before you go to bed just trains your body to store the energy as fat.

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 12:12 (twenty years ago)

eight years pass...

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― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 October 2014 21:06 (eleven years ago)

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