![]() ![]() However, there's no evidence to back up the theory that dairy products influence dreams in the general population. And if you have certain kinds of intolerances, you still may be likely to eat those foods sometimes." "It's likely an indirect effect in that lactose produces symptoms like gas, bloating and diarrhoea and influences dreams, as dreams draw on somatic sources like this. "It's entirely possible that these effects were due to people having lactose intolerances," he says. ![]() A study that Nielson conducted in 2015 found that only 17% of people said their dreams seemed to be influenced by what they ate, but he says dairy products were the foods most frequently reported as causing disturbing dreams. "Just knowing that cheese affects nightmares could induce dreams, because people are suggestible," he says.Īnother indirect explanation is cheese's high lactose content. But just the prevalence of this rumour could be enough to make it true, says Tore Nielson, professor of psychiatry at the University of Montreal and director of its dream and nightmare laboratory. There's no robust evidence that cheese causes nightmares – or, in fact, much that proves the theory wrong, either. The study wasn't exactly scientifically robust or published in a peer-reviewed journal, but the findings helped to perpetuate the belief that cheese can affect the content of our dreams. More recently, the now-defunct British Cheese Board, who funded a study in 2005 and concluded that eating blue cheese causes vivid dreams, while cheddar makes people dream about celebrities. As far back as 1964, a researcher noted that a patient stopped having nightmares when he dropped his habit of eating one or two ounces of cheddar cheese every evening. We also know it is packed with saturated fat and eating too much can be bad for us.īut according to some claims, cheese has an even more surprising darker side – it can affect our brains as we sleep.Įating cheese late at night, the rumour goes, will give you strange dreams. Tasting cheese and pairing it with wines, chutneys and biscuits has been turned into an art form. It often ranks among people's favourite foods – there are entire festivals dedicated to cheese, where it is eaten or even rolled down hills. ![]() Our relationship with cheese is a strange one. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |