Cheese dreams

[Browny]

So a few weeks ago I sat in on a presentation by a fellow graduate on the topic of 'Cheese dreams'. Quite a strange thing to give a talk about to fellow academics but its was VERY intruiging and memorable. Basically, studies have shown, alongside countless testimonials/empirical evidence etc, that eating around 30 grams of specific types of cheese before sleeping can induce almost acid-trip style dreams which are also more likely to be remembered.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4851485
Random google search on the topic finds such websites detailing this phenomenon.

So after finally remembering to go to the deli here, I went and bought some of the most 'powerful' cheese; Blue Stilton and Cheddar. Studies will say that Stilton is the most potent type with cheddar a relatively distant second. This presentation however went on to discuss the effects of mixing types, and basically, we were told a 60:40 mix of Stilton : Cheddar (roughly 18:12 grams), half an hour before bed, was a stronger mix that stilton alone. Exactly what I plan on doing from now on.

So my internet friends, this blog shall serve as a diary of my mystical cheese-powered dream journeys and a reminder to all here to try this out for themselves. Heres hoping I have some very interesting entries to add tomorrow morning

 

[SharkAttack]

Interesting. Keep us posted on your cheesy dreams. I have a friend who's addicted to cheese quite literally. Now I know why lol. As a matter of fact his nickname is "The Big Cheese."

 

[Shorts]

I'm doing this.

 

[Browny]

Well... tonight didnt exactly go to plan

I didnt remember any of my dreams but i know i had multiple, i had such tiny fragments like remembering i was at school, or driving my car lol. interestingly enough, it was the first day in about 2 weeks where I havent woken up very early.

tonight ill go for the full 30g of stilton and see what happens. it tastes so bad though >_<

 

[Pikaville]

I've known about this for a while.

Hence why I occasionally wolf down some fine Irish cheddar before bed!

It doesn't always work, but more often than not it makes you have mad ones.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

What kind of dreams? This interests me... D:

 

[Wrath`]

I do seem to have more lucid dreams after eating pizza for dinner, but do any of those cheeses cause anything? Also I usually eat 5-6 large slices when I eat pizza, so I think I hit the 30gram requirement.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

^ :D We should go to Cici's one day and have an eating contest :3. I won by eating 32 pieces.. but that's hardly an accomplishment. Cici's pizza is tiny.

 

[Espy Rose]

32? Weaksauce, Shimmy.

 

[Browny]

Oy.

Go make your own pizza eating contest blog. That has nothing to do with this.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

^ It doesn't, but you motivated me to try this out. I want this to work bad. You also taught me cheese did this. :3 That's like, two things today.

 

[saviorslegacy]

I tried this, and it worked.
Because of you I will never look at chewing gum the same way again.......

 

[PurDi]

WTF.... tried this last night with some extra sharp cheddar. I don't have dreams that seem drug-induced, but it was still a weird one... I hate redeads even more now...

EDIT: I wonder if you can build a tolerance to this... I really like having dreams like this but if I do it too often, will it not work?