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Throughout my entire life, I\u2019ve never had a problem falling asleep.<\/p>\nThroughout my entire life, I\u2019ve never had a problem falling asleep.<\/p>\n
My mom likes to tell a story about how, as a two-year-old, I slept through the worst typhoon in Guam history. My wife is jealous of my ability to fall fast asleep within minutes of my head hitting the pillow. My talent for snoozing even served me well during a six-year stint in the Navy onboard a noisy, overheated submarine.<\/p>\n
That said, today\u2019s blog entry won\u2019t be helpful to me, but it might be helpful for those of you who find yourself tossing and turning on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania spent countless hours analyzing the correlation between sleep and nutrition \u2013 including data contained in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) \u2013 and found that people who sleep better tend to eat foods that are high in lycopene, Vitamin C, and water.<\/p>\n
Guess which food is a fantastic source of all three of those key ingredients. That\u2019s right, watermelon.<\/p>\n
A MensHealth.com article<\/span> on the topic notes that people who get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night tend to be the healthiest. The article also points out that \u201cpeople who ate a more varied diet were more likely to be \u201cnormal\u201d sleepers (about 18 foods versus 14 in the shortest sleepers).\u201d<\/p>\n I can\u2019t say for sure if my love of watermelon is responsible for my peaceful slumber, but it\u2019s nice to know that A) I\u2019m getting enough sleep and B) I\u2019m eating foods that might help me continue that trend. Now, if those University of Pennsylvania researchers can figure out what I can eat to make me snore less, my wife might be able to sleep a little more peacefully, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout my entire life, I\u2019ve never had a problem falling asleep. My mom likes to tell a story about how, as a two-year-old, I slept through the worst typhoon in Guam history. My wife is jealous of my ability to fall fast asleep within minutes of my head hitting the pillow. My talent for snoozing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n