Thread: Diet and lucid dreaming

Does anyone think that your diet could effect your ability to have lucid dreams or not?

The reason I say this is that when one eats a very poor diet one tends to feel lethargic and has less energy, whilst when one eats a good diet one tends to have more energy and feel more aware....just wondering if anyone thought that this might effect the ability to become lucid?

Yes I've heard that diet can affect this. Maybe not so much your ability to actually LD, but more your ability to remember that you had a LD. I could be wrong though.

over the past 3 days I recently got back into attempting LDing again (I tried for a short while about a month ago but lost hope =(). Anyway the past 3 days I got back to keeping a dream journal and really focusing on my intent. I always eat alot of dairy (mainly cheese/milk) since that's supposed to help.

The first night I recalled 3 huge dreams and looking back I noticed that day I ate 3 good meals, drank plenty of water and no junk food. Yesterday was basically the complete opposite, I ate complete shit (only 1 real meal) and didn't drink barely any water. My first wake up last night I remembered about 2 lines worth of writing from a dream and after that nothing but bit and pieces that I just lost right away. Diet wasn't the only factor though, the first night I did have alot more intent, worked out more, and meditated. I'm going to try to get back on the fast track tonight.

But this isn't surprising since I haven't been consistant at all since I started this in recall, in dream realization (4 times), or controling(once, almost out of luck I changed someone else's appearance then lost all realization-this is what made me get re-interested in LDing). So I'm still novice but I assume a good consistant diet helps, since body and mind are connected it only makes sense.

I have been drinking coffee almost everyday for the last couple of years. I have gone about two weeks without a drop and I am a bit edgy but my dreams are changing a little. I don't know in what way yet. I would have thought that coffee would help you dream more, being a stimulant, but maybe it is the opposite. I'll find out over the next week or so I guess.

Chab

You make a good point about a person having a poor diet feeling lathergic and having liitle energy Orin.

In this respect I would think that someone having a poor diet would have a more difficult time becoming lucid because their concentration and dream recall would probably be poorer than someone on a proper diet.

The type of food a person eats before going to bed could also affect the type of luicd dream a person has, as eating a large, heavy meal before going to bed might tend to take one to the lower realms of the dream world where they might be more apt to have a bad dream than if they had eaten something light and healthy.

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I think the Atkins diet helps with recalling dreams. I can recall more details and for a longer time, since I started Atkins...

I am eating more vegetables, taking vitamins etc so there might be a connection!

more protien on the akins diet perhaps?

i have been interested in an unrelated way about what types of food helps the mind concentrate.

over the past few years my mind tends to seem hazy at times, lacking clearity of thought and concentration sometimes......i wondered if it's cause i haven't been exercising or eating the right foods

To a certain degree isn't this all a bit off topic. Diet seems 'by people's posts' that it affects they're dreams and dream recall. what about an actual lucid dream, isn't alot of that non-derived from the body?

Just thought i would point that out
Also off track a little would anyone agree that Astral Projection is not affected by diet? (in a reasonable sense)

Since how well one succeeds at astral projection is in a large degree determined by how well a person is able to concentrate and relax, anything that affects a persons ability to concentrate and relax including diet would indeed affect their ability to astrally project.

I've recently discovered that I am able to enter a deep state of relaxation much easier if I have something like steamed vegatables for my evening meal rather than meat. And since I normally eat a lot of meat, I may be making a drastic change in my diet before long.

heh, i eat tons of protein.. im on a bodybuilder-type diet.. and it doesnt help so much lucidity wise (i wish).. not sure about dream recall wise.

I have very interesting dreams since I began to do Atkins. I did increase exercise too.
Well while I was doing the Induction phase which takes two weeks, I got a new multivitamin which has high b's too. The day I took the multivit for the first time I ate some beef besides vegs and I had an LD during the night.
About the protein, well I don't eat tons of it, just enough of it and fat to be satisfied... the main food for me tends to be vegs so far besides the proteins and fats. It does give you more energy and I think the loss of fat helps you sleep better and that should help for LD's in any case.

My dad is a doctor and knows a lot about health. Not just a low carb crap and get your protein. He has his own theories and really understands brain food. Whenever I eat exactly as follows in one day:
soybeans, yogurt and cherries, beans, dry turkey, green tea, fish, spinach, tumeric tea, take omega lipids pill, spirulina and soy... I feel like a god. I do this somedays when I have the time and follow exactly above. ever since lucid dream training I've had a lucid after eating like this. Mostly they are very vivid and realistic. I have so much energy and my mind is quick and very aware... Staying healthy is crucial to LD and overall mind awareness.

Mind you, low carb isn't crap. There is a lot of research published in the medical journals showing it works. Your dad could read that. My doctor knows about this and I asked him before starting my Atkins. Lowcarbing makes the body burn fat, so the animal fat you eat gets burned up too and is healthy (it isn't, if you're eating too many carbs). In the end, your cholesterol and blood sugar levels improve too, you lose weight, and you feel much better. I feel like I can fly, I have a lot more energy. My dreams have increased in detail, vividness and recall too. My LD's have increased in frequency, quality and duration including WILDs. I sleep better too.
The nutrients in the vegetables you start to eat more of, probably help a lot too. As do various things you can eat eventually in the diet, including cheese (though you are not supposed to exaggerate on that, just 4oz a day), nuts, sunflower seeds, etc.

You are supposed to read the book not just eat protein. The majority of the atkins diet is vegetables not protein - they recommend 1 cup of salad a day at the very least. You do eat protein but the diet is NOT just protein, NOT an exagerrated amount of protein either. Mind you protein is good for the body, and
eating too much protein is mainly bad if you have liver or kidney problems.

Also you eat until you are full, then you stop. So you don't eat too much protein either as a result.
This food is similar to the way people would eat in the past, before the introduction of starches, bread, pasta, sugar, etc... It is no surprise that it is healthy.

I'm not saying it's crap. I'm just saying that at the extremely advanced level of nutrition knowledge which I know, then it's not really something very interesting or out there. gott to watch my ego