Does hot chocolate before bed help anyone else sleep better?

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I am convinced I sleep better after having a hot chocolate before bed. I don't think there's any science behind it.... Anyone wanna prove me right? 😁😁😀

Anecdata will be perfectly acceptable in this case.

I got myself a velvetiser after much deliberation and an enjoying my better sleep since, as making hot chocolate had become easier than before ( I was a saucepan of milk, cocoa and sugar person before)

You can't help some people.

You're right. I stick to lard and crack cocaine.

That’s very rude to the poster who was correct. Oxalates are not something to be worried about unless you have kidney stones and if you ensure you consume calcium can be benefitical. I think maybe you’ve misunderstood.

There is no mechanism to 'bind' it in the gut. The effects of primary oxalosis is really really bad and people often don't know they have it until it's destroyed their kidneys. If that poster doesn't believe me, that's OK but to make shizz up to justify her wrong position is a bit much.

My adult DS loves a hot chocolate before bed; he swears it makes him sleepy.

I’d be weeing all night 🙈

I think it’s the carbs. I read recently that we all tend to wake out of deep sleep at some point in the night because our blood sugar falls. Maybe the chocolate milk prevents that? I’m going to try it!

I haven't slept for four nights. I'll try this tonight. I had magnesium before bed last night which didn't help either 😭

postprandial somnolence is a normal, largely parasympathetically mediated response to high fat/carb meals. Hope you have time to brush your teeth before you fall asleep.

Yes I find it helps. I also find a bowl of cheerios with milk before bed helps, or eating anything really. Conflicts wildly with the not eating to close to bed advice but noticeably helps me to sleep better. I sleep terribly so do do the eating thing when it gets bad.

Filling my bladder with anything at bedtime wouldn’t work for me.

My husband’s top beverage when we come in from a motorbike ride.
He often drinks it before bed, last night good example, so joined him on this occasion.

You have highlighted this must be the nights I don’t sleep and he gets out of bed more frequently than usual for that middle of the night pee.

No. It doesn’t work for me. I just need a wee about 4am.

I’m going to try this as I’m a terrible sleeper. Any advice re machines or is the HC velvetiser really the bees knees?

It does the job nicely,and looks pretty. But I am fairly sure a milk frother from an alternative brand would would do the job just as well.

Of course I do...

I did... And if you have it with dairy... such as milk it's fine.
If you cook the spinach, it's fine...

No-one is killing themselves eating a bit of spinach and having a hot chocolate..

Show us the evidence that eating some spinach in a curry for example, or having a hot chocolate made with a teaspoon of cocoa, mil and some sugar is hugely detrimental to our health.

Primary oxalosis is a rare and inherited disorder, of you and your family don't have a history of kidney stones etc ... I'm not sure what's dangerous about a hor chocolate...

I'll wait....

I can drink a strong cup of tea before bed and still sleep like a log!!

I am a serious chocoholic, but have never been fussed about hot chocolate for some reason. However... I do find that a Horlicks before bed helps me sleep well.

If you have calcium with your chocolate (in milk) then you’re fine unless you have a kidney issue, in which case you should be moderate in your consumption. I haven’t made anything up.

Don’t you think that if there was scientific evidence to support your extreme view that the NHS would be telling us all to stop eating those foods, and that spinach would be banned instead of called a superfood? Come off it. If you’ve scientifically proven that millions of people are ill from consuming very common and safe foodstuffs, have you published it in peer-reviewed scientific journals? You should be up for a Nobel prize at the least.

She'll be the same as anti-vaxxers who have "done their research" but oddly can't provide any actual evidence apart from one video from one person... And even then she did the classic "go and find it yourself" approach... because it's so easy...

Pissing myself laughing at the thought of you lying awake, distraught having eaten a bit of sweet potato, Pemberley 😂

God, these weirdos walk among us don’t they? <hard stare at @ThePollutedShadesOfPemberley>

Horlicks before bed and a magnesium gummy really helps me drift off and have a good night's sleep.