Can't Sleep? Try Some Kiwi

This fruit and other foods have a direct impact on the quality of your slumber. More restorative shut-eye is coming your way.

- Amanda Jedeikin

Diet and sleep are the two factors that pretty much dictate your well-being, so it’s no wonder that scientists are exploring how they interact. According to Dr. Chris Winter, a sleep specialist in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the author of The Sleep Solution, there is a clear connection between them. “Sleep and wakefulness are controlled by a series of chemical reactions in the body,” he says. “Certain nutrients can affect them to alter how long it takes you to fall asleep, how often you wake up during the night, and how you feel the next day.”

This is far beyond drinking warm milk to drift off. Your day-to-day diet is what has the potential to improve your night’s sleep. Here’s the deal:

You need even more fibre

People who fill up on this nutrient spend more time in deep sleep, the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine reports. (People who get less fibre, more saturated fat, and more sugar wake up more often.)