Chicken Dreams | Tryptophan and Vivid Dreams

Have you noticed certain foods cause you to have more robust dreams?

This video started from a casual comment about chicken causing amplified dreams. I wondered why and if other foods may enhance our dreams.

A very light approach as we explore a possible connection between foods and dreams.

Let us know if you have noticed certain foods that seem to cause your dreams to be more unusual than normally experienced.

*This is not medical advice or of the sort. Further reading is always encouraged. Consult your doctor with any medical or health questions.*

Other sources of tryptophan:

Egg white, dried 1.00
Spirulina, dried 0.92
Whole milk, dairy 0.73 (amounts vary among researched readings)
Cod, Atlantic, dried 0.70
Soybeans, raw 0.59
Cheese, Parmesan 0.56
Sesame seed 0.37
Cheese, Cheddar 0.32
Sunflower seed 0.30
Pork, chop 0.25
Turkey 0.24
Chicken 0.24
Beef 0.23
Oats 0.23
Salmon 0.22
Lamb, chop 0.21
Perch, Atlantic 0.21
Chickpeas, raw 0.19
Egg 0.17
Wheat flour, white 0.13
Baking chocolate, unsweetened 0.13

Narration: J.R.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryptophan (and other sources used for verification and diagrams)

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