This is the most popular question that patients ask Dr. Wei. The most common question is: Does dietary therapy work for sleep? My answer is: It varies from person to person. Patients who find a more credible formula and want to try it can do so, but there is no particularly miraculous and universally applicable dietary regimen for sleep. Many patients tell me of many prescriptions or dietary regimens that may have certain effects on them, but in my opinion, are not necessarily appropriate for others. In my opinion, when poor sleep, diet only need to pay attention to the following two points. 1, before going to bed should not be full, after dinner walk can eliminate food Chinese people generally eat a good dinner, even the most abundant in the day, in fact, this is not very scientific. It is best to eat a good breakfast and lunch, to ensure that the energy needs of the day; and dinner to eat less light, it is best not to eat spicy and stimulating, too greasy, hard to digest food. These foods may affect sleep at night, leading to gastrointestinal discomfort, bloating. In particular, many people’s lifestyle is not very healthy, after eating at home to sit and watch TV and play computer, eat the food is more difficult to digest. If you have eaten too much for dinner, you can go out for a walk to promote the digestion of food. If you don’t have the habit of eating before bed, I suggest it’s best not to eat anything and let your stomach and intestines take a break. Patients who are more frequently woken up by urine at night, it is best to drink less water at night, and do not drink soup or eat thin rice for dinner, so as not to affect the sleep at night. 2, try not to eat food or drugs containing caffeine Caffeine is the most commonly used psychotropic drug, is a central nervous system stimulant. Caffeine is an alkaloid extracted from tea, coffee fruit, moderate use has the effect of dispelling fatigue, excitement nerves, but large doses or long-term use can also cause damage to the human body, especially it also has addictive, once you stop using will appear mental atrophy, drowsiness and weakness and other withdrawal symptoms. It may just cause a rapid heartbeat for the average person, affecting sleep, etc., while for people with bad hearts themselves it is a fatal enough factor. Scientific studies have found that caffeine is harmful to sleep, it causes difficulty falling asleep, reduces sleep time and sleep efficiency, reduces deep sleep and increases light sleep and wakefulness. Middle-aged and elderly people, in particular, are generally more sensitive to caffeine. Young people’s sensitivity to caffeine varies from person to person, and some people are perfectly fine with it. It may be that when you don’t have insomnia, you don’t feel the effects of drinking tea or coffee on you, and once you have insomnia, this effect will be very evident. Patients with insomnia, this is something that needs special attention. Drugs that contain caffeine include: certain cold medicines, cough medicines, painkillers and so on. There are usually specific instructions on the manual. You can pay attention when buying. And what are the foods that contain caffeine? Coffee, tea, cola, sports function drinks, chocolate containing cocoa, etc., generally claimed to be able to improve the spirit of the food, will contain caffeine this substance. It is recommended that friends with poor sleep should look carefully at the instructions when buying drinks or food, and rationally choose a drink that suits them, so as not to affect their sleep after consumption. Most commercially available caffeinated beverages are marked with “unsuitable for people” and content. Especially the elderly, pregnant women and young children should not drink these drinks.