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Old 07-11-2016, 15:45
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Had my first sunday roast of the year yesterday, and I'll be honest I had far too much roast beef.
Even though I had this around 5pm, I noticed that when I went to bed around 23:30 it took me much longer that normal to fall asleep.
Is this linked?
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Old 07-11-2016, 19:09
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No. There's nothing especially "energizing" about beef.
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Old 07-11-2016, 20:34
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Uncooked beef keeps me awake - bluddy mooing for hours in the field behind the house.
Chicken is even worse at 6.30am.
Cock a frigging doodle doo!
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Old 08-11-2016, 09:23
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The price of it keeps me awake!!!
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Old 08-11-2016, 19:15
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Roast beef keeps you awake. Seriously?
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Old 09-11-2016, 11:43
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Why aren't you taking me seriously??

I normally fall asleep within 15/20 mins, yet because of all the slices of roast beef I ate, it was nearer 90mins before I dropped off.

Surely there must be something to do with the protein in the beef that caused this?
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Old 09-11-2016, 13:43
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Uncooked beef keeps me awake - bluddy mooing for hours in the field behind the house.
Chicken is even worse at 6.30am.
Cock a frigging doodle doo!
Must say I've never heard of roast beef keeping anyone awake, but I know if I eat cheese or anything sugary before bed I can't sleep at all.
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Old 09-11-2016, 15:40
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Must say I've never heard of roast beef keeping anyone awake, but I know if I eat cheese or anything sugary before bed I can't sleep at all.
Actually I tend to feel sleepy after having sugary or carb-rich foods. Meat and fatty foods in general take longer to digest and may disrupt sleep.
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Old 09-11-2016, 18:05
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Why aren't you taking me seriously??

I normally fall asleep within 15/20 mins, yet because of all the slices of roast beef I ate, it was nearer 90mins before I dropped off.

Surely there must be something to do with the protein in the beef that caused this?
Maybe you ate too much and had a form of indigestion but not really uncomfortable.
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Old 09-11-2016, 19:21
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Nonsense topic.
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Old 09-11-2016, 19:28
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Actually I tend to feel sleepy .
Not this sleepy , you wont trust me !
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Old 09-11-2016, 21:04
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Why aren't you taking me seriously??
Are you Violet Elizabeth Bott?
"I'll thcweam and thcweam 'till I'm thick"
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Old 09-11-2016, 23:01
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Old 10-11-2016, 10:06
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Are you Violet Elizabeth Bott?
"I'll thcweam and thcweam 'till I'm thick"
You think this is nonsense and I'm overreacting, do you?

Well I'll show you. There's still a significant amount left in the fridge and later on today I'm going to eat a sizeable chunk, and see what happens later when I go to bed.
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Old 10-11-2016, 11:33
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But how do you know that it was definitely the beef that kept you awake? It could have been any number of thing. Did you intake any caffeine, OP?
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Old 10-11-2016, 14:56
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It probably would if it was in the bed.
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Old 10-11-2016, 14:59
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Why aren't you taking me seriously??

I normally fall asleep within 15/20 mins, yet because of all the slices of roast beef I ate, it was nearer 90mins before I dropped off.

Surely there must be something to do with the protein in the beef that caused this?
Not surprising if you stuffed your face.

You probably had some indigestion.
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Old 10-11-2016, 15:00
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You think this is nonsense and I'm overreacting, do you?

Well I'll show you. There's still a significant amount left in the fridge and later on today I'm going to eat a sizeable chunk, and see what happens later when I go to bed.
You do that! That'll show 'em!!
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Old 11-11-2016, 09:49
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You think this is nonsense and I'm overreacting, do you?

Well I'll show you. There's still a significant amount left in the fridge and later on today I'm going to eat a sizeable chunk, and see what happens later when I go to bed.
Well, and you probably won't believe me, but it happened again.

I ate a good 5 thickly carved slices from the fridge, and low and behold I struggled to get to sleep. I also woke up at least 3 times during the night as well as having some seriously lucid dreams.

There's clearly a link here and I won't rest till I understand why.
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Old 11-11-2016, 10:45
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It must be something to do with all those steroids they pump into beef cattle.
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Old 11-11-2016, 13:02
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Well, and you probably won't believe me, but it happened again.

I ate a good 5 thickly carved slices from the fridge, and low and behold I struggled to get to sleep. I also woke up at least 3 times during the night as well as having some seriously lucid dreams.

There's clearly a link here and I won't rest till I understand why.
You're going to be very tired then.

I'd suggest stopping eating roast beef.
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Old 11-11-2016, 13:14
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I'd suggest stopping eating roast beef.
Never.
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Old 11-11-2016, 14:13
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Well I'm still not convinced it was the beef.

OP, I think you should list everything that you've consumed over the last month so we can get a bigger picture of what's going on.
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Old 11-11-2016, 20:47
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There's clearly a link here and I won't rest till I understand why.
Here's a theory for your consideration:

You ate a lot of roast beef. For some reason - possibly a subconscious worry that you'd eaten too much to sleep well, possibly something else - you slept poorly. You have now formed a mental association between eating too much roast beef and sleeping poorly, which means that if you eat roast beef you will inevitably sleep poorly because you're expecting to do so.

In other words, your brain is messing with you. The kicker is that in order to verify or disprove this theory you're going to have to conduct a series of experiments in which food is piped directly into your stomach without you knowing what it is.

Good luck!
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Old 11-11-2016, 22:46
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You think this is nonsense and I'm overreacting, do you?

Well I'll show you. There's still a significant amount left in the fridge and later on today I'm going to eat a sizeable chunk, and see what happens later when I go to bed.
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Well, and you probably won't believe me, but it happened again.
I ate a good 5 thickly carved slices from the fridge, and low and behold I struggled to get to sleep. I also woke up at least 3 times during the night as well as having some seriously lucid dreams.
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There's clearly a link here and I won't rest till I understand why.
1 Yes (and you're definitely Violet Elizabeth Bott).
2 Correct, I don't.
3 Knock yourself out

Trolling, trolling, trolling..........
Keep those doggies moving.......
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