Eat three kinds of food before going to bed to make you sleep well

What should you drink before going to bed? Nutritionists say that you can drink some red wine, honey water, milk, etc. before going to bed. This will help promote sleep. Drinking honey water can also help moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements. Below, let’s take a closer look at these drinks that are suitable for drinking before bed!

1. Honey

There is a saying in Chinese medicine: "Salt water in the morning, honey soup at night". What it means is: drink light salt water on an empty stomach every morning, and drink honey water before going to bed every night. The reason for doing this is that drinking light salt water in the morning can dilute the blood that becomes very viscous when you wake up, and it also has a slight anti-inflammatory effect, can moisturize the intestines and stomach and facilitate bowel movements; drinking honey water at night is helpful for beauty and health, and replenishes various trace elements.

Therefore, a more scientific way is to drink the honey water at night and drink light salt water in the morning. Moreover, honey has the effect of moistening the intestines, detoxifying and moistening the lungs. Drinking a glass of honey water before going to bed can have a laxative effect in the early morning of the next day, which is beneficial for treating constipation.

2. Red wine

A light dose of red wine can beautify your skin, and drinking a little red wine before going to bed can help you sleep. Red wine contains three nutrients needed by the human body to maintain life activities: vitamins, sugar and protein. Glucose is an indispensable nutrient for humans to maintain life and strengthen the body, and is the main source of energy for the human body. There are 24 kinds of amino acids in wine, which are indispensable nutrients for the human body.

There are also many organic acids in wine, such as grape acid, citric acid, and malic acid, most of which come from grape juice. They can effectively regulate nerve centers, relax muscles and promote blood circulation, and are indispensable nutrients for mental and physical laborers. Dry red wine also contains vitamins such as Ve, Vb, VB2 and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, and sodium. The combination of minerals and trace elements is far better than the best mineral water.

3. Milk

The time of drinking milk also has a certain impact on the body's digestion and absorption of nutrients in milk. Drinking milk at night, milk contains a biochemical L-tryptophan that can make people tired and sleepy, as well as trace amounts of morphine-like substances. These substances have a certain sedative and hypnotic effect, especially L-tryptophan, which is the main raw material for the brain to synthesize serotonin. Serotonin plays a key role in brain sleep, it can temporarily inhibit the brain's thinking activities, thereby making people want to sleep, and there are no side effects.

Milk sticks to the stomach wall and is absorbed well. The calcium in milk can also relieve tension and help you sleep. In addition, drinking milk before going to bed at night, the calcium in the milk can be slowly absorbed by the blood, and the blood calcium is replenished and balanced throughout the night. There is no need to dissolve the calcium in the bones, thus preventing bone loss and osteoporosis. Therefore, it is good to drink milk before going to bed.