Originally Posted by
spaceexplorer
Actually this does sound pretty plausable from a chemical point of view.
Peanuts and peanut butter are one of the food very high in Choline, which we all know is a very important chemical for helping induce lucid dreaming (as it is one of the chemicals required in making Acetyl chloline, the other being Acetyl (which is provided by foods high in B5).
2 Table spoons of Peanut Butter contain around 20mg of Choline, so eating a lot before bed would certainly give a higher than average boost of choline in the system whilst sleeping.
Other choline rich foods are as follows:
Food Serving Total Choline (mg)
Beef liver, pan fried 3 ounces 355
Wheat germ, toasted 1 cup 172
Egg 1 large 126
Atlantic cod, cooked 3 ounces 71
Beef, trim cut, cooked 3 ounces 67
Brussel sprouts, cooked 1 cup 63
Broccoli, cooked 1 cup, chopped 62
Shrimp, canned 3 ounces 60
Salmon 3 ounces 56
Milk, skim 8 fl oz. 38
Peanut butter, smooth 2 tablespoons 20
Milk chocolate 1.5-ounce bar 20
Interestingly, the other important chemical needed B5, is also high in peanuts, milk and eggs.
Increasing our Acetylchloline levels is a great way to improve lucidity chances, and there are plently of people doing this already using supplements of choline and other chemicals such as Galantamine (to stop the breakdown of Acetylchloline).
So i'd say this thread is valuable, if only for people to consider how their diet could inadvertantly improve or reduce our brain chemistry in regards to lucidity.
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