Mangoes Increasing Dream Vividness and Lucidity
For a long time I've been considering the power of mangoes when it comes to lucidity and vividness of my dreams, whenever I eat mango before bed I tend to either have really vivid dreams, if not a lucid dream.
Why is this? Well, from what I've researched mangoes contain more B6 than even apples, and therefore probably more than apple juice. This vitamin is the reason many people recommend apple juice for dream recall.
Mangoes are also high in Tryptophan, which is a precursor to Serotonin. I'm sure many of you have heard of the benefits of Melatonin for sleep, Serotonin is the opposite of that and the reason why Wake Back To Bed is beneficial. During a Wake Back To Bed you reduce Melatonin in your body and replace it with Serotonin, making you more aware and therefore also more aware when you go back to sleep.
I've also recently discovered that many people eat mangoes to boost their marijuana highs, this happens due to the Myrcene chemical they contain which helps the psychoactives cross the blood-brain barrier. Maybe the Myrcene has an affect on dreams also?
So if anyone's willing to try it, I've been eating mangoes about 60 minutes before bed and receiving benefits. I'm sure you could boost that benefit further if you could fit it into your WBTB. Maybe a mango smoothie?
I'd love to hear anyone else's experience with mangoes and dreams.