Cheese Can Cause Nightmares

The cheese thing is in the start of _A Christmas Carol_, if I remember correctly.

I heard a report on this study on NPR, and what was interesting was that the researchers claimed that eating different kinds of cheese (they only tested British cheeses) caused different sorts of dreams. If this is true, you could potentially tailor your dinner according to what you want to dream about. "Hmm, I'd like to see camels, bears, and sheep ... I'll have the Camembert, with a small slice of Manchego."

hmm...i think i need to get myself some cheddar....

Velveeta will make you dream about the Museum of Hoaxes.

Ahh Velveeta. if ever there was a hoax cheese it would be the stuff. Mmmm.. processed cheese-food.

"Velveeta will make you dream about the Museum of Hoaxes."

Oh is that why I keep having recurring dreams of you and a....oh wait, nevermind. TMI. 😉

I thought chocolate (has caffeine) was bad before bed - and spicy things.

When I was pregnant, eating anything fried before bed had me tossing and turning...

Salvador Dali used to eat cheese sandwiches late at night to make his dreams more vivid, so he could paint them, or something. One of his paintings is even of a big cheese sandwich. 100% fact.

Chocolate does not have much caffeine, it does have theobromine, which is a molecule very similar to caffeine. In some people, it acts in much the same way. I know it does in me.

Spicy things maybe or maybe not. They might increase your metabolism, which means it will be harder to get to sleep, or they might aggravate heartburn, ditto. And all bets are off when pregnant.

God... I love cheese.

It has so many uses.

"...One of his paintings is even of a big cheese sandwich."

If you want to dream about cheese sandwiches, it would definitely be advisable to eat cheese.

I've always been told that eating cheese gives you nightmares, maybe its a British thing?

Salvador Dali was a nut. He used to kick his sister in the head to see what it felt like, and throw himself down stairs for the attention.

Last night I had some mozzarella, and dreamed I found an antique harmonium at a yard sale.

I read this the other day on Fark. I ate Cheddar that night and Gene Hackman was in a dream I had. Seriously! Why Gene Hackman I don't know, we were hanging out in Vegas.

The thought of a celebrity appearing in my dream may have been in my subconscieous or something, but I did find it odd.

I'm gonna get some Stilton and go for some of them psychedelic dreams next.

Cheese causes nightmares? This is an old old tale.

See these old comics: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3874/silas1.html

"Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend"
(you don't know Rarebit? cheese sauce on toast.)

Psychedelic Velveeta! Causes our listeners to see colors.

whoa this is sweet. i didnt ever hear about this like rumor until my teacher said it randomly in class and then not even thinking about it i just grabbed mac and cheese at like 11:30 tonight because i didnt have anything for dinner yet and i was like. shit. so i google searched it and found this.

velveeta sounds sweeeeeet. like tripping on... cheese.

oh and i wouldnt mind dreaming about johnny depp.

"God... I love cheese.

It has so many uses."

omg you're my hero lol. i dont love cheese or anything but that was just so random and hilarious.

I ate cheese last night and had a dream that a teacher was shouting at me, I woke up and I was crying! It was chedder but there were no celebs, come to think of it the teacher was wearing pants that were ruby-red, the same material dorathys slippers were made out of in oz! All the time she was shouting I was thinking "those trousers are aweful"

I totally LOVE cheese! :cheese:

i like cheese

after reading the bit about the study on cheese i decided to try it for myself - i have had nightmares every night since then, which is really odd, as id never had any before - its a lot better then not sleeping.

You actually think the Dairy Council would admit that cheese causes nightmares if it did? That may be the equivalent of doctors and researchers working for tobacco industries saying smoking doesn't cause cancer. However, the opposite may be equally unproveable. The start of the rumour/belief/urban legend may be the result of anecdotal evidence, inasmuch as eating cheese before bedtime may cause nightmares in *some* people. As a kid, I used to get nightmares if I ever ate cheese within an hour or so of going to bed. That continued right up to about age 40; it seems to have been reduced to about 75% of the time. Again, anecdotal, not real evidence.

I think that the cheese myth is true. I ate a load of parmesan cheese and grapes late at night and had a bad dream, which is bizzare because I rarely ever do (and remember it). It was a terrible dream indeed.

ive been looking up what causes nightmares cuz i want to have one on purpose
i know it sounds crazy but im going to write a book of my experiences in my darkest dreams
so far ive only heard that cheese causes nightmares so antone eles got suggestions?

To finally put to rest your intriguing question about cheese in regards to dreams, we at the Center of Health Education and Environmental Studies in ya

I know it's true, I just saw this about nightmares because I ate a huge amount of some fancy cheese last night.

I can't remember the last time I ate cheese by itself. Anyways, I had about a good pound of cheese by itself for dinner and had tons of dreams as well as some which I clearly remember as being nightmares (I was getting tortured or something) Pretty fun though

Eat cheese before you go to sleep if you want to trip out in your sleep!

If the study concluded that you don't get nightmares from eating cheese I'd suggest that maybe it only occurs if A)You rarely eat cheese, and B) You eat cheese and cheese alone, and a bunch of it.

Funny thing is, I eat cocao before bed and it helps me sleep. I don't have nightmares at al. Instead, they are replaced with happy dreams. I'm not eating the candy type of chocolate, but the real thing. If I eat CANDY chocolate before bed, (or have chocolate syrup) then I get nightmares. Theobromine shouldn't be a big factor, as it is is about five to 10 times weaker than caffeine. The nightamres are probably due to the fact that so many chocolate companies add caffeine into their chocolate products, and the high sugar content. The real stuff actually helps me sleep much better.

Also, raw chocolate (cocao) is actually very good for you too!

don't fucking do it. if you want dreams that make you shit yourself go ahead 😊

Marylin, if you are repsonding to my comment, it seems you may not have read it correctly. I'm saying it DOES NOT give me nightmares, the real kind, that is.

If I eat CANDY it DOES.

That comment made me laugh though, so thanks for that!