6 Foods to Avoid for Dinner (Photo Gallery)
Gas-producing foods like sweet potatoes, corn, and peas
More than a third of people complain about poor sleep. Fast-paced life, mental stress, and illness... but people often overlook a factor: eating the wrong things can also disrupt your sleep. In life, there are several foods that are "incompatible" with sleep.
During digestion, these foods produce a significant amount of gas. By bedtime, undigested gas can cause bloating, which interferes with normal sleep.
Spicy foods like chili, garlic, and onions
A recent Australian study showed that after eating spicy food, body temperature rises during the first sleep cycle, leading to reduced sleep quality. Spicy foods can also cause a burning sensation in the stomach and indigestion, which in turn affects sleep.
Excessively greasy foods like pork
Because greasy foods加重 the burden on the intestines, stomach, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas during digestion, they stimulate the central nervous system, keeping it in a working state and leading to insomnia.
Meat broth
Treating yourself to a pot of hot chicken soup or pork rib soup for dinner isn't necessarily a good thing. Meat broths are quite greasy and high in calories, making them most likely to cause weight gain and are not suitable for evening consumption. It's better to have them in the morning or at noon. At this time, you might consider some mushroom soup instead.
Brain-stimulating foods like coffee, strong tea, and cola
Especially for people who are particularly sensitive to caffeine, the stimulating effects may last longer. Additionally, caffeine has a diuretic effect. Drinking too much coffee can increase urination, which can also interfere with sleep.
Alcohol
Although alcohol can help you fall asleep quickly, it keeps your sleep in the light sleep stage, making it difficult to enter the deep sleep stage. Therefore, even if people who drink alcohol sleep for a long time, they may still feel tired upon waking.
Several dietary choices for dinner that can promote sleep:
Eat more carbohydrates
Eating the right foods for dinner is not only good for your health but can also help you fall asleep.
Foods rich in B vitamins
For example, foods rich in vitamin B12, such as animal liver, milk, and eggs, can help maintain stable nerve function, alleviate anxiety, and promote sleep. Foods rich in vitamin B6, such as wheat and cabbage, can aid in the synthesis of serotonin in the brain, which also helps with sleep.