[ukmicky (OP)]

I may not be the best of sleepers but when i do manage to close my eyes if I've eaten A lump of cheese before i go to bed i tend to dream more than normal. some good,some bad, sometimes i wake up feeling like ive just taken part in the movie of the century.
but i very rarely dream if i haven't eaten cheese before hand.

Is cheese good for the brain. why does it make you dream.  what chemical is in cheese that stimulates the brain like it does.



OK Neil. I may be on the other side of London  but i can still hear ya.
And the answer is yes! it does. Take my word for it.

And all you people who have never experienced a cheesy nightmare try it tonight.
UNLESS YOUR SCARED

[memasa]

I gotta add cheese to my things-to-buy-list. Thanks for reminding me.

[neilep]

quote:Originally posted by ukmicky




ok Neil. I may be on the other side of London  but i can still hear ya.
And the anwser is yes! it does. Take my word for it.

And all you people who have never experienced a cheesy nightmare try it tonight.
UNLESS YOUR SCARED

..but...err..how...surely it's  fallacy...ok....but..OK Michael...I will take your word for it...last night would have been a good chance to try it out , I was a physical wreck after being awake 60 hours +...thankfully I don't do many of them but if only you'd posted this last night, I would have taken the 'cheese trip'...but...surely...really ?

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[chris]

Good observation

Cheese is a rich source of neuroactive compounds including the monoamine called "tyramine", which has provokes the release of adrenaline.

When we go to sleep a small part of the brainstem, called the locus coeruleus, switches on and through its connections with other regions of the brain triggers rem (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is associated with dreaming.

The name locus coeruleus is latin for "blue place" and if you cut across the brainstem with a knife you can clearly see the blue-coloured nerve cells that comprise this region. The cells are pigmented by neuromelanin, the neurological equivalent of a suntan. Neuromelanin is made as a biproduct in the synthesis of the nerve transmitters noradrenaline (a relative of adrenaline) and dopamine. These chemicals are derived from tyrosine, the same stuff used to make melanin in skin cells.

So the locus coeruleus, which triggers dream-sleep, uses noradrenaline as its nerve transmitter. Since cheese contains tyramine, which has the ability to potentiate the action of adrenline-like nerve transmitters, it is likely that eating cheese before bed fools the brain into thinking that there is more adrenaline waashing around than normal, making dreams more vivid.

Famously, when some of the first antidepressants were invented they worked by blocking the breakdown of monoamine / indolamine nerve transmitters including dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin by inhibiting an enzyme called MAO (monoamine oxidase). But when patients on these drugs ate cheese it could provoke periods of life-threateningly high blood pressure and a racing heart rate, through the uncontrolled release of adrenaline as there was no MAO to breakdown the tyramine in the diet.

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[ukmicky (OP)]

Chris
Thanks for your reply, one more question if i may.

My short term memory isnt quite as good as it should be or as good as i would like it to be
Is there any form of food that improves the day to day running of the brain.I've heard that fish is one example. Are there any others

[Ultima]

ukmicky you need some omega-3 essential fatty acids, you get them in oily fish like salmon, trout, mackerel etc.. and from nuts (not peanuts).

http://www.omega-3info.com/home.htm


wOw the world spins?

[ukmicky (OP)]

Thanks ultima
OMEGA 3 sounds like something that should be floating in space.
The wife enjoys shopping i'll get her to hunt it down.
if it works i'll let you know

[Razor]

Is there a specific type of cheese tha you need to eat i.e sliced, hard, french?

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[neilep]

quote:Originally posted by ukmicky

Thanks ultima
OMEGA 3 sounds like something that should be floating in space.
The wife enjoys shopping i'll get her to hunt it down.
if it works i'll let you know

Any chemist or supermarket will have them Michael...or you can buy them online... http://www.wassen.com/shop/joint_health/omega_3_fish_oil.html ............else, eat sone oily fish a few times a week...salmon....mackeral etc...

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[ukmicky (OP)]

CHEERS CHRIS[]

[ROBERT]

quote:Originally posted by neilep

quote:Originally posted by ukmicky

Thanks ultima
OMEGA 3 sounds like something that should be floating in space.
The wife enjoys shopping i'll get her to hunt it down.
if it works i'll let you know

Any chemist or supermarket will have them Michael...or you can buy them online... http://www.wassen.com/shop/joint_health/omega_3_fish_oil.html ............]

You should not take more than the recommended dose of fish oil because of possible Dioxin contamination:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1911312.stm

[nickiemae]

Hi!

What web site can you suggest wherein they offer raw milk, biodynamic cheese, all-natural pastured chickens, turkeys, eggs, steak and Dutch cheese, jerky beef sticks that are farmstead-made from grass-fed cows, meat and grass fed poultry? I need your help.. please?..

[charlesdrex]

here we go: newbielink:http://www.grassfieldscheese.com [nonactive]
try this link. I hope this website is helpful to you.[]

crazy..... cheester....

[nickiemae]

quote:Originally posted by charlesdrex

here we go: newbielink:http://www.grassfieldscheese.com [nonactive]
try this link. I hope this website is helpful to you.[]

crazy..... cheester....

thanks for the info charlesdrex! i visited newbielink:http://www.grassfieldscheese.com [nonactive] & it almost got everything that i was looking for! thanks so much!

[ariel]

i must say that after reading this i've been making an effort to eat a lot of cheese before i go to bed
and...i do of couse always have dreams
IT WORKS!
i now call them "cheese dreams"
its a simple yet essential addition to everyones vocabulary ( well many people around me atleast)
probably because i am always saying "i had the craziest cheese dream last night" or something similar

[ukmicky (OP)]

arrh but i bet you've never had a cheesy nightmare

Michael                 HAPPY NEW YEAR                    

[neilep]

I had a cheesy nightmare once. It was awful !..I was locked inside a room with a very provocative and offensive Brie....Oh my !!..I shudder just thinking about it !!..brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[nickiemae]

I'm dreaming of cheese because of my job..

[ariel]

no...i havent had any cheesy nightmares...just cheese dreams
i am now making a log of my cheese dreams

[ukmicky (OP)]

quote: i am now making a log of my cheese dreams

That's hard to do.

I find some of my dreams have brilliant well structured story lines,so much so if i were to write them down and make a film out of them i would be winning Academy Awards[]

However (i love that word) However i find dream memories are not like normal memories and disappear from my recall within a few minutes.

It's not fair all i'm left with is the memory that i had something special[]



Michael                 HAPPY NEW YEAR