Recipes to help you sleep better By CanadianLiving.com
Recipes by The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

A cup of warm milk will do it, or a chicken dinner or banana muffin. Explore these recipes high in tryptophan that might nudge you into a better, deeper sleep.

Recipes to help you sleep better

Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies

Tryptophan is an amino acid our bodies convert into melatonin and serotonin. Health experts believe melatonin and serotonin will help induce sleep, or at the very least create a sense of relaxation and well-being.

Foods high in tryptophan include dairy foods, chicken, turkey, bananas, oats and peanuts.

Listed below are tryptophan-friendly recipes for dinners, snacks and desserts that may help lull your mind and body into a restful state. A small snack eaten close to bedtime is ideal.

Eat well, and sleep tight

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