Does being Hungry or Late Eating affect your sleep pattern and dreams?

**giogoMoget2** · 11-03-2010 05:55 AM

Sometimes i feel hungry at night .just before going to sleep.
Sometimes i'd be fine when going to sleep but i wake up and I'm hungry.. realllllyy hungry. s o i can't help it but go and eat something to fill me up and stop the hunger.

Does HUNGER or Late night eating affect your sleep pattern and your dreams?

**McGinnis** · 11-03-2010 01:50 PM

I don't know about hunger, but a light meal before going to bed shouldn't really affect your ability to lucid dream or to recall dreams etc. But we're talking light stuff, like for instance a banana.

I wouldn't eat anything substantial more than two or three hours prior to going to bed, because your digestive system will be up and running full force for quite a while.

**ninja9578** · 11-03-2010 03:12 PM

No, your body will stop being hungry after a while because that is a conscious cue to eat, if you aren't conscious to get that cue, your mind wont bother sending it. However, eating will because it changes your body chemisry depending on what you eat.

**dreamcharacter** · 11-03-2010 03:53 PM

Try water.

**LucidInvader** · 11-04-2010 02:14 AM

If your trying to fill that hunger try to fill it with Apple Juice to increase dream vividness, If you can cook late at night get an egg or something that can help with dreaming.

**ninja9578** · 11-04-2010 01:57 PM

Bananas too

**menelvagor** · 11-05-2010 12:01 AM

Eat a light salad- ninja your guide said leafy greens/legumes help yes?

**jimmy2times** · 11-05-2010 01:49 AM

When I was in high school, I noticed every time I ate something spicy (it was usually beef jerky

) right before bed I would have really vivid dreams. I don't know if there's actually any connection there or if it was just coincidence. Also I haven't really done that in years.

**Cosmix** · 11-05-2010 04:15 AM

Try a Casein Protein Powder drink, takes a long time to fully digest so keeps you good all night.

**Trickster** · 11-05-2010 05:00 AM

giogoMoget2 take a pen a paper to bed.

Write down any dreams you might have when you go to bed hungry vs when you went to bed on late night eating binges.
Try and remember how you feel when you wake up, and see if you remember dreams too. Write whatever you can down.

As you write them down over a period of time you can then compare your results.

You will then know the answer to your question.

There are many things that affect sleep patterns, but the coolest thing about dreaming & learning about sleep patterns is you can experience them yourself.

**menelvagor** · 11-09-2010 03:36 AM

That's very true Trickster - nothing is universal when it comes to the human body. Try and isolate different variables [different foods, hungry or not, amount of sleep, time to bed] and see if these things produce consistent results. I also find this to be one of the most gratifying things about studying the dream state, to find out things you didn't know about yourself, and your body.