The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep
The vicious circle of too little rest and too much of the wrong food. …
Melatonin, the hormone that promotes sleep and which rises in the evening, comes from a dietary amino acid called tryptophan. “So, if the hormone that regulates your sleep is produced entirely from an amino acid that must be consumed in the diet, then it makes sense that diet would be important in regulating sleep,” she says.
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