Sleepyland
Posted by Andrew Pilsch on Monday, December 4th, 2006, at 10:52 pm, and tagged as .
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It turned cold here today (in the 20s tonight). Despite that, I took my usual 35 minute walk this evening. I’m still a little cold, 30 minutes later. Anyway, as I was walking home, I thought that some sort of warm beverage would be appreciated, but I didn’t want to risk staying up late, so tea (both black and ginseng), coffee, and hot chocolate were all out of the question. Having watched a lot of Star Trek lately, I remembered that there was an episode that mentioned a warm milk toddy. Googling around, I found a recipe that is probably pretty similar (not really wanting to drink raw eggs, I skipped this recipe). So I made this thing. It was delicious, but it got me thinking (especially when the author mentioned that she gave this to her kids) about why these specific ingredients help with sleep. Now, I’m not saying, but, well:
- Nutmeg, in small doses (especially when heated), can produce cannabis-like effects.
- Milk, when warmed, activates tryptophan and melatonin (in addition to psychologically reminding the drinker of being a baby (which is relaxing?))
- and … Vanilla contains alcohol.
Mix those up with some sugar (which increases absorption into the blood) and I can imagine you would really have some drowsy kids. Totally awesome.
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