Diet and its affect on dreams

[maverickthree]

I'm posting to relate an interesting dream experience which occurred this past week. For most of my adult life I've been a vegetarian. In recent years, with declining health I started introducing some meat back into my diet, mostly chicken franks in particular with a higher fat content. Anyway, my dreaming during this period has been rather unremarkable---the usual repertoire of erotic, ordinary, and the occasional somewhat scary dream. However, I experienced a VERY SCARY dream the other night in which two humanoid vampire figures set out to kill me(the scene reminded me of something from one of The Matrix movies). Anyway, there was a clear connection to this dream and what I had ate earlier in the day. Prior to this dream, I hadn't really consumed any substantial meat for the past few weeks. However, on the day of this dream I consumed 14 ounces of chicken tenders(white breast meat---Banquet). It also wasn't lost on me that the Banquet box is red . . . no doubt a favorite color of the vampire set. Anyway, I just thought I'd put this out there for your consumption(no pun intended).

[atraveler]

Hi maverickthree,

That was an interesting post.  I posted lately about whether there are supplements that will help enhance the vividness of dreams.  I know there's one called "Brilliant Dreams" and I'm tempted to try it but I want to wait to get some responses first.

It's interesting about your vampire dreams.  Vampires have been a theme in my dreams for many years, though I haven't had a vampire dream in many months now.  I'm always in a town or city or building surrounded by vampires and I'm afraid that they'll find out that I'm not a vampire and that they'll come and get me.  I wouldn't mind having another vampire dream though so I can kick their butts!  The best way to avoid or eliminate nightmares is to spend some time in the sun every day.  The sunlight boosts your melatonin and helps your balance with seratonin.

BTW, I'm also a vegetarian and for the past several months I've been taking this hemp protein powder called Manitoba Harvest (they have a website), from Canada (I live in the USA).  It's very easy to digest, highly nutritious, and tastes fine if you mix it with fruit to make a smoothie, which I do every weekday morning.  I highly recommend it.

Cheers,
Atraveler

[maverickthree]

Thanks for the feedback Atraveler and for the info on the hemp supplement. Also, for the tip on avoiding nightmares----vampires aren't particularly fond of the sun either. 

[maverickthree]

As a follow-up, I purchased another box of Banquet Chicken. This time though I  bought Chicken Nuggets which are largely comprised of dark meat I believe. Anyway, I consumed a 16 oz. box in the early evening, which is what I did last time with the Banquest Chicken Tenders(white meat-breast). In any event, I slept 6 hours straight with no recall of any dreams having occurred and no nightmares this time.
(For the record, I would prefer not to be eating meat of any kind, but unfortunately I have a lot of internal tissue damage from being chronically ill so I am experimenting with various nutritional regimens. A high carbohydrate diet just wasn't repairing my body fast enough so I'm opting for some chicken).

[Beero]

I think its a belief that when you eat meat, you absorb the 'psychic pain' the animal experienced when it was killed... I'm sure I read about that somewhere, can't remember where
I'm seriously considering becoming a vegitarian at the moment