In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge wakes to find a ghost in his bedroom. He says he tells the ghost he's a nightmare. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato.
Science says Scrooge was onto something. Specifically cheese.
The “old wives’ tale” that eating cheese before bedtime would give you nightmares turns out to be backed by science. Amino acids in cheese have been shown to cause nightmares, as it’s thought they disrupt sleep and lead to vivid dreams.
That’s not the only “old wives’ tale” that has turned out to be true. Honey has been shown to help make a cough better, and science has proven that eating carrots does help your eyesight. In other words…listen to your grandma.
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