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Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #20 on: 10/05/2006 06:27:01 »
It  puts you to sleep due to the increase in seritonin in the brain and the calcium sooths the central nevus system and relaz it. the honey just activates the alkiloids in the milk.

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #21 on: 10/05/2006 09:26:22 »
Well, I'm still up after yet another crappy night !!..I think the only way milk is going to send me to sleep is if a cow takes a run and jump and head-butts me or a few gallons land on my head !!...arrrrrrrggggghhh !!!

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #22 on: 10/05/2006 12:59:22 »
Hugs to you Neil!  I was wondering if you were able to get some sleep...maybe you could put the cow pic here so everyone could relate to your last post with a bit of a visual going...hehe

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #23 on: 10/05/2006 15:30:59 »
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Originally posted by moonfire

Hugs to you Neil!  I was wondering if you were able to get some sleep...maybe you could put the cow pic here so everyone could relate to your last post with a bit of a visual going...hehe

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I wouldn't mind being headbutted by either of these [:D][:D]...LO is the one on the right !!(cheeky giggle) [:D][:D][;)][;)]

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #24 on: 10/05/2006 21:34:01 »
Bahama Mama!  Neilsy...too funny...inuedos..aye yai aye!  Some of us ought to behave...hmmm.. ;-)  Maybe you can grab one of the udders on the lefthand side and see if you can go to sleep as it should be warm straight from Ms. Elsie!  LOL

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #25 on: 10/05/2006 22:27:14 »

I always found bathing in warm milk very relaxing till they added the coco  


 



What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #26 on: 10/05/2006 22:48:02 »
quote:
Originally posted by Hadrian


I always found bathing in warm milk very relaxing till they added the coco  


 



What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.





...are you sure they added cocoa Hadrian ?....perhaps you were just very nervous !!![:D].......







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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #27 on: 10/05/2006 23:07:00 »
Uh, maybe I ought to leave this one alone...LOL  It may get me in trouble..I like risks..but will try to avoid it...LOL  Neilsy, get some sleep hon...I think Hadrian may need some too..all of his wonderful posts, he surely has to be tired...my spelling is off so that tells you I need more too...inuendos...hehe and forgot to tell you Neilsy I am so glad you clarified which one was me...I am sure many people would've wondered if I was secretly a cow acting human.  LOL

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #28 on: 10/05/2006 23:10:26 »
Here let me change the subject...hehe...sorry can't resist...

As you sit in the South wing of the Library with book in
your hand, silently reading, "The Communist Manifesto" with your
legs propped upon the ottoman and Remy Martin Cognac in your other
 hand. Every now and then you glance out the window while it is
lightning and thundering so much you begin to imagine Beethoven has
begun a new era with his Concerto. Fireplace has been stoked and the
flames are dancing in tune to the lightning as it flashes brilliantly
across the sky. Books lined perfectly to subject matter from shelf
to shelf.

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #29 on: 28/05/2006 19:39:18 »
Friend in Vegas tried warming up milk to go to sleep...I watched her and it bugged her so much she couldn't sleep....I told her I was conducting a study to see if it really worked...she said some not so nice things and threw a pillow at me from her bed...lol...then she heated up another pint of milk...and tried to go to sleep again...uh, sure I pestered her with pad and paper writing down stuff including pics of her eyes...she didn't like my art work...she resorted to getting some alcohol...she went to sleep, study was dismissed, and she woke up in a fowl mood, I asked her if she wanted some chicken for breakfast...she didn't get it..and said I was crazy..glad she knew me for a bit of time...yikes!

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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #30 on: 14/08/2006 04:01:14 »
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Originally posted by Karen W.

Hey now Michael, tell me the truth, how many of you fathers out there have really not thought about it? Tell the truth now! Mine can't be the only one.
  Hey Neil, is Julia nursing? Maybe you should try a bit of mothers milk, Nothing like mothers milk to put you to sleep. Might help with your insomnia you know. Full of all those great vitimins and they say it makes your immune system really strong! Just be careful about what she has had to eat! Just kidding friend, felt like poking fun with you, feel better soon!



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Re: Does warm milk really make you...zzzzzz...sleep ?
« Reply #31 on: 10/08/2018 20:07:22 »
Hey. I just love to drink warm milk with honey in the evening. But it does not affect sleep in any way. I just like when some old advice turns out to be absolutely absurd, false, or if you drink a glass of warm milk before going to sleep as a sleep inducer.
YES, warm milk can help you fall asleep. But this is not because it contains tryptophan, which, according to the urban legends, lulls you to sleep (and often it's talk for Thanksgiving, when people fall like flies after a big meal is heavy in a rich tryptophan turkey ).
In fact, scientists still do not know if milk can stimulate sleep.
But what do we do from all the anecdotal evidence that says that a glass of warm milk (with nothing else) can help you fall asleep? Well, my friends, this is a real kicker: maybe that drinking a glass of warm milk is like an old teddy bear that reminds you of a house when your mom tucked you into bed at night. The psychological connection with milk is stronger than the content of milk (or does not!)
Just drink milk if you like it. But do not expect if you have insomnia that this will help you. We need to look for something that is more reliable than milk. Good luck searching. If someone thinks otherwise I'll wait for comments.
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Does warm milk really make you zzzzzz sleep
« Reply #32 on: 02/08/2019 00:23:24 »
Sunlight does trigger some kind of hormone thing that wakes you up, so its not surprising that it would make you feel more energetic, ergo happier.  I usually dont feel like waking up in the morning until I open the window.
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