On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Dale Newman wrote:
>> I am looking into lucid dreaming. Being familiar with most of the
> techniques, I began to consider old wives tales about how different foods
> can stimulate dreams or nightmares.
> There are definitely drugs that decrease REM sleep.
>> Does anyone know of any foods, compounds or drugs that could
> stimulate the dream state in frequency or duration?
I thought the reason that some foods promote dreaming is that they just
wake you up more during the night. There's a cute Peanuts cartoon I
remember where Snoopy eats a pizza before he goes to bed and has vivid
dreams all night. A large, salty meal right beffore bedtime will cause
you to wake up more and thus remember more dreams. You just don't sleep
as deeply. Stimulants do the same thing, while sedatives suppress dreaming.
Hope this helps, Sandra
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sandraw at U.Arizona.EDU
