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Not being able to sleep at night is a nightmare—it’s so awful it makes you wish you were asleep instead and having actual nightmares. When you’re lying there, and the entire world is quiet, it can feel like the streets are mocking you. Everybody is asleep but you. Everybody is getting in those essential REM cycles except for you. Everyone gets to wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day…well, everyone but you. You wake up feeling like a zombie. You feel like you’re being released from that prison that is your bedroom. Yup: your bedroom has become a place you dread. Insomnia is so awful and it’s a club nobody wants to be a member of. But if you aren’t willing to take sleeping pills, what are you to do? Use food. Here are foods to eat at night to beat insomnia.
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Bananas
Not only does the smell of this fruit have calming properties, but its magnesium and potassium will also help your muscles relax. If twitching, tossing, and turning keep you up at night, try a banana split for dessert.
