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Getting enough sleep is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but according to the National Sleep Foundation, roughly 45 percent of Americans experience poor or insufficient sleep. Well, what we’re all eating could be the part of the problem. Certain foods can ruin a good night’s rest, while others can help promote quality sleep. Here are 4 foods that may be contributing to restless nights.

Heavy, late-night dinners

If you’re saving up all day for a big, filling dinner, you may have a hard time sleeping soundly. This is because your energy shifts to digestion after eating, and especially after eating a larger meal. Eating too much food, no matter what it is, close to bed time makes it hard to sleep since our body is working overtime to digest the big meal, instead of focusing on relaxing into sleep.

Coffee and caffeine after 12 p.m.

Drinking too much caffeine too late in the day can really impair sleep. In fact, caffeine has a very long duration(time) of action and its stimulating effects can last about 12 hours.

Chocolate and certain teas

As mentioned above, caffeine disturbs sleep, whether you think it affects you or not. However, caffeine is not just found in coffee! Having a chocolate dessert after dinner? You might want to rethink that choice!

Water

If you find yourself thirsty in the evening, and then drink a lot of water before bed, you probably make a few bathroom trips in the middle of the night, which has a negative impact on your sleep. Instead of waiting until you physically feel dehydrated (and then drinking too much water at night), put alarms on your phone to remind you to drink water throughout the day.

21. Why is it difficult to sleep soundly after eating too much?

A. Because it is easy to focus on relaxing into sleep.

B. Because a large meal may make you excited.

C. Because it takes a lot of time to digest the big meal.

D. Because your body needs to work overtime.

22. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “impair” in paragraph 3?

A. Protect.      B. Affect.        C.Help         D. Increase.

23. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Drinking water regularly contributes to a good sleep.

B. Caffeine is only found in coffee.

C. You can have a chocolate dessert after dinner before sleeping.

D. You’d better drink more water before sleeping.

24. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Sleeping conditions of Americans.

B. Harmful food.

C. Healthy lifestyles.

D. Four kinds of food contribute to restless nights.