What are the most sedating foods per se, not necessarily needing to be full of it to get the sleep aiding effect?
What are the most sedating foods per se, not necessarily needing to be full of it to get the sleep aiding effect?
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Any carbs for lunch followed by a work meeting I don't care about.
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You're eating the wrong carbs.
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Or too much carbs.
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Also it's an autumn day and the office heating is just a little hot and stuffy
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Does beer count as food? Carbs + alcohol = one way ticket to sleepy town.
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Yum vodka mashed potatoes.
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Potatoes with a fermented potato sauce
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Specifically the hops used to flavour beer are a potent herbal sleep aid.
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There's a pork chop in every beer.
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Tatchos. You can't tell me anyone's ever scarfed a platter of tatchos and then been like, "let's do something physical"
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Potat nachos?
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Precisely
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Valerian root. It's GABA active. Smells like either manure or freshly rained on soil though depending on your nose in a similar way to how cilantro taste varies between people. It's what's in sleepytime extra.
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Carbs.
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Simple carbs. Complex carbs give you energy.
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Biologically, cheese. It slows down your intestines. Just follow your stomach, then.
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Guinness
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For me, it is Arrabiata pasta from one cafe I visit. It gets me sleepy every time.
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Spicy tomato sauce puts you to sleep? That's new.
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It isn’t just tomato sauce
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Carbs. my go to is a large tray or two of battered chips I always feel woozy after eating them but it's worth it lol
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Lettuce!
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The devil’s lettuce maybe
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Dormouse
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