Do you have problem with sleep, or toss and turn in the middle of the night by night? Awaken early, or find yourself not feeling rejuvenated in the morning? You are not alone: many people kick with falling and staying asleep.

What does food have to do with sleep? Our nutritional status and the food we eat always influence our sleep. Luckily, some foods actively aid falling asleep and staying asleep.

They relax tense muscles, quiet buzzing minds, and/or get calming, sleep-inducing hormones - serotonin and melatonin - flowing.

Sleep inducing foods is:

- Cherries

Fresh and dried cherries are one of the only natural food sources of melatonin, the chemical that controls the body’s internal clock to regulate sleep.

- Oatmeal

Oatmeal has an old reputation as being one of the healthiest foods you can eat for a lot of reasons. Again most people don’t know that oatmeal can actually help promote sleep.

- Bananas.

They are practically a sleeping pill in a peel. In addition to a bit of soothing melatonin and serotonin, bananas contain magnesium, a muscle relaxant.

- Warm milk

Like bananas, milk contains the amino acid L-tryptophan, which turns to 5-HTP and releases relaxing serotonin. It’s also high in calcium, which promotes sleep.

- Honey.

Drizzle a little in your warm milk or herb tea. Lots of sugar is stimulating, but a little glucose tells your brain to turn off orexin, a recently discovered neurotransmitter that’s linked to alertness.

- Turkey.

Turkey contains tryptophan. To get the most from the tryptophan in turkey, eat a slice of white turkey meat on a slice of whole-wheat bread in the middle of the evening.

- Toast

Carbohydrate-rich foods trigger insulin production, which induces sleep. Bring on sleepiness by speeding up the release of tryptophan and serotonin, two brain chemicals that relax you and send you to sleep.

- Chamomile Tea

Chamomile Tea has a mild sedative effect when you consume it. This has to do with certain herbs that are present in it.