{"id":238966,"date":"2023-10-20T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T09:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=238966"},"modified":"2023-10-20T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T09:19:20","slug":"sleep-like-a-baby-in-seconds-by-eating-this-delicious-fruit-before-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/sleep-like-a-baby-in-seconds-by-eating-this-delicious-fruit-before-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep like a baby in seconds by eating this delicious fruit before bed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Getting to sleep at night can be difficult for many of us.<\/p>\n

According to the NHS, around one in three people will experience problems with sleep at least once in their lives.<\/p>\n

While there are many factors that can determine how well you sleep, such as how much physical exercise you have done that day and how stressed you are, sometimes the act of sleep can evade us for no reason.<\/p>\n

However, one social media personality has shared a delicious hack that could make a huge difference to insomniacs.<\/p>\n

In a recent viral TikTok video, 21-year-old Emma Leigh made the claim that eating pineapple before bed has helped her “fall asleep faster and sleep so much deeper” than before.<\/p>\n

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Known as @emselement on TikTok, she advised viewers to snack on the fruit before bed if they struggle with getting to sleep.<\/p>\n

She told followers this is because the fruit increases the production of melatonin, the sleep hormone, in the body.<\/p>\n

However, is there any truth to these claims?<\/p>\n

Max Kirsten, sleep coach and resident expert for Panda London, told the Metro that yes, there is.<\/p>\n

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He said: “Eating pineapples or drinking fresh pineapple juice before bed has been shown to raise melatonin markers in the brain by up to 266 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cTryptophan (an amino acid present in pineapple) naturally boosts melatonin levels (a hormone that signals sleep to begin) and serotonin levels in the brain, causing a calming, sleepy, relaxed feeling.”<\/p>\n

As well as its melatonin-boosting effects, pineapple has high water content – something that will keep your body functioning well while you sleep.<\/p>\n

Pineapple also has anti-inflammatory properties, he told the Metro, helping to ease any pain you might have.<\/p>\n

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