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• Cheese Does Not Cause Nightmares. Here Is What Actually Happens

  Cheese Does Not Cause Nightmares. Here Is What Actually Happens A nightmare is a vivid, upsetting dream that often wakes you up and stays with you the next morning. For more than a century, people have blamed cheese for them, especially a late-night slice of...

• Myth: Warm Milk Makes Me Sleepy. Here’s What the Science Says

  Warm milk is the classic bedtime drink, said to help you sleep because it contains tryptophan, an amino acid your body uses to make sleep chemicals. The research tells a different story. A normal glass of milk does not contain enough tryptophan to make you...

• Overuse of Melatonin in the US

  Melatonin is a hormone your brain makes in the evening to tell your body that its getting closer to sleep time. In the US it is sold over the counter as a dietary supplement, and its use has exploded. Most people take it the wrong...

• What Is Snoring? A Complete Guide

  Snoring is the sound of soft tissue in your throat vibrating as air squeezes through a narrowed airway while you sleep. It is very common, and for many people it is often harmless. But recent research shows that regular, heavy snoring is linked to high...