# Food and dreams

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-dreams/165783>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-dreams/165783 "2003-04-01T20:44:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![maralinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@maralinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maralinn)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-dreams/165783/1 "2003-04-01T20:44:01Z")

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You see references in movies and cartoons to the idea that dreams can be affected somehow by food eaten previous to falling asleep. Surely this is a myth, but I can’t find anything that says that. Can anyone suggest a source for some hard facts about that? This has nothing to do with whether one sleeps well after eating something; just whether specific foods or types of foods have any kind of influence on the nature of subsequent dreams.

TIA!

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**Author:** ![mjcocat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mjcocat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjcocat)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-dreams/165783/2 "2003-04-01T22:45:00Z")

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Pineapple juice makes me have very vivid dreams! It’s kinda cool. Have a glass before bed time, and it’s like going to the show to watch a movie.

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**Author:** ![samboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@samboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samboy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-dreams/165783/3 "2003-04-02T02:24:50Z")

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Someone once told me that peyote and cheese sandwitches gave them quite vivid dreams.

sorry

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**Author:** ![samboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@samboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samboy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-dreams/165783/4 "2003-04-02T02:27:22Z")

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Wow, this is the thread of the slow posters.

As to the OP, the UL I always hear is that eating Pizza before going to bed gave you nightmares.