Thread: Does what you eat before bed each night affect dream recall?

Hey I'd Like to say a few things here:

First you have way way way too many variables for this to actually be accurate, and you have so so few people for it to be accurate (I'd say you'd need atleast 40 to be remotely accurate).

Second: Studies were already done on this, Food that upsets your stummuc can alter if the dreams negative or not, but other than that, there are no known physcial alments that would alter dream recall. First off you can't say I remembered 3 dreams last night and another say I only remembered one and he actually remembered an hour of a dream while the other who said he had 3 only remembered a min from each of them. YOu need to add how much detail and time passed that they remembered.

In my opinion this just isn't a very controlled experiment. You need to narrow the feilds and make this experiement last a lot longer.
Ok I'll stop critisizing now.

Good-Luck

Okay, I am REALLY needing some ideas for bitter.
DV Food 911!

First you have way way way too many variables for this to actually be accurate, and you have so so few people for it to be accurate (I'd say you'd need atleast 40 to be remotely accurate).
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I agree, that is why the participants are asked to list things like mood and fatigue. I asked for volunteers and would have liked to get 40, but I'll have to work with what I have.

Second: Studies were already done on this, Food that upsets your stummuc can alter if the dreams negative or not, but other than that, there are no known physcial alments that would alter dream recall. First off you can't say I remembered 3 dreams last night and another say I only remembered one and he actually remembered an hour of a dream while the other who said he had 3 only remembered a min from each of them. YOu need to add how much detail and time passed that they remembered.

In my opinion this just isn't a very controlled experiment. You need to narrow the feilds and make this experiement last a lot longer.[/b]

I agree with all you have said, but this is for a 7th grade science fair and is limited in resources, time, and the amount of effort my son is willing to put into this experiment.

Some variables you forgot to mention were:

What type of food? (starch, protein, fruit, etc.)
Activities during the day?
Number of hours slept
Time to bed
Time arising
Temperature of room
Comfort level of bed
General noise level in bedroom
Room illumination
Number of trips to the toilet

Oh Ok then, I didn't know it was a seventh grade experiment. Thats cool then, I'm sure the results will be interesting...

Glad you agree,
8)

-Daniel

3 1/2 hours till bedtime snack. Come on people, just tell me what you're eating for tonight if you can't think of anything else!
Why do we have to eat something BITTER anyway?!? Who needs bitter. Blah.

I couldn't think of anything bitter, either, other than that baking chocolate.....can we say "hesitant"?

-Amé

NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I'm sorry Seeker.
I...I've FAILED you.
There was nothing bitter in the house!

Don't worry about it pinkcheese, experiment seems to be falling apart anyway. Almost no results coming in anymore.

Is it too late for me to have a go at it?
The biggest problem I foresee is that we won't know for sure if its something to do with my experiences/environment/biorhythms that causes the changes in dreaming

(I didn't read all 4 pages on this, so dunno if I'm repeating. Probably am)

Sorry, Seeker. I've got my journal right here so I'll try to get you the past several weeks I've missed

-Amé

EDIT: done! The page is full of 4 weeks.

sorry never done it. what this week err.

Thanks all for helping out.

I'm thinking of restarting this experiment with a little shorter time scale and maybe change the focus a little. Maybe instead of tastes, I'll use something from the different food groups instead and maybe run 3-4 days on each one.

Let me know what you think. Maybe start it up on Nov 29th

heh, you're probably better doing that.

I admit it was a long time span and I've forgot to do it. It was a real pain in the ass to get some sorta foods, because our food cupboard follows the general trait of just being a fat store, and so anything "bland" is impossible to get. Anything healthy, well, you're asking for a miracle.

I am thinking of the following categories:

Meat
Dairy
Vegetable
Grain
Starch
Sugar

That will make it quite a bit easier to find something to eat

Much better, I would be able to do that.

I'll post more later and see if I can get any interest. I'd like to get at least 10 people participating.

Originally posted by Seeker
I'll post more later and see if I can get any interest. I'd like to get at least 10 people participating.

I'm up for it.
( Againnnnn )

Should I stop with writing down my stuff? Aw.... And I was doing good! Either way, I'm up for it.

-Amé

Yes Ame! I appreciate the good work you have done.
I will get everything ready and we can restart Sunday night.

Sounds better.

Damn Seeker, I wanted to do this, but I'm doing Atkin's right now.

So yeah, NO sugars/starches. Esp now that I broke all the rules at Thanksgiving.

Mmmmmmmmm, punkin pieeeeeeeeeeeeee