“Eating Bananas Before Bedtime: Can It Cause Restless Sleep and Nightmares?”

Al Marsad Newspaper: Experts revealed that eating bananas close to bedtime can contribute to restless sleep and trigger nightmares.

Experts attribute this to bananas containing high levels of magnesium, which relaxes muscles and calms the body. It also contains a high amount of melatonin, and excessive melatonin can have the opposite effect.

The production of the hormone melatonin and its secretion in the brain are linked to the times of the day, as it increases when night comes, decreases during the day, and its production decreases with age.

And they stress that “the timing of melatonin intake is key to helping sleep, so it is best to eat bananas an hour or two before you start trying to sleep so that an excess of melatonin does not have the opposite effect.”