Thread: Cheese?

An old wives' tale says that cheese gives you nightmares, but it may not be true.

There are several factors regarding Cheese that may help in dreaming. Calcium may be favorable. Also the fat in cheese is metabolized more slowly then would be carbohydrates in any alternative snack. Cheese would then offer a lower level of energy, but a source of energy that would be more even and longer lasting. Carbohydrates flash and burn hot and quick, where fat calories produce a low, stable and sustainable source of energy.

I represent the cheese selling Council of Edgware.

I am an authority of Cheese and do hereby state that cheese "is a favourable factor before the inducement of sleep".

"All different types of Cheese are Good"

I’ve been eating a sturdy block of good old Lancashire cheese every night for the past 2 years and my dreams are relatively 'normal' compared to my pet mouse's dreams.

Hmmmmmm... then it would go without saying that the French must have an infinitely better dream life than the English with their assorted chops, chips, blood puddings, herrings and whatever else passes for food on that Island.

Cheese contains tyramine (an amphetamine derivative) and certain other centrally acting sympathomimetics as well as high levels of certain amino acids (NB.. L-tryptophan) which are melatonin (your sleep hormone) precursors

It is quiet feasable that cheese late at night would cause a peak in melatonin production in the pineal gland 4 hours after ingestion...

To a person unaware of the phenomena of lucid dreaming, a LD may appear or be conveyed to others as a 'nightmare' ie. dreaming while aware of the dream might be nightmarish to certain uninformed people...

I recommend a good extra mature cheddar - contains the highest levels of active ingredients if ya fancy experimenting... dont scoff too much though, or your stomach will regret it in the morning...

Originally posted by Leo Volont
There are several factors regarding Cheese that may help in dreaming. *Calcium may be favorable. *Also the fat in cheese is metabolized more slowly then would be carbohydrates in any alternative snack. *Cheese would then offer a lower level of energy, but a source of energy that would be more even and longer lasting. *Carbohydrates flash and burn hot and quick, where fat calories produce a low, stable and sustainable source of energy.

The fat in Cheese actually offers a higher level of energy per gram compared to carbohydrate foods. From memory think its 16 kilojoules/g for carbs compared to 36 kilojoules/g for fat. There are two types of carbohydrates simple and complex. The simple ones (sugar) are the ones that flash and burn hot and quick, whilst the complex ones found in breads, cereals and pasta burn gradulaly and slow and produce an even sustainable release of energy. The body doesn't motabolise fat as well as carbohydrate that is why it takes longer to digest. Fat as well as protein are the bodies secondary source of energy, carbohydrates being the primary source. Just thought I'd add that.